Earth Closet at Approximately 15 Metres South West of Mingoose Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1988. Earth closet.
Earth Closet at Approximately 15 Metres South West of Mingoose Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- endless-entrance-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1988
- Type
- Earth closet
- OS grid reference
- SW 715 488
- Coordinates
- 50.29507, -5.20904
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The earth closet, located approximately 15 meters south-west of Mingoose Farmhouse, dates from the early to mid-19th century. It features walls made of killas rubble with some granite dressings and has timber lintels. The roof is a scantle slate pyramidal design with red clay tiles over the hips. The structure has a small square single-cell plan and is a single storey. It remains unaltered since its construction. The front (east) wall has a central doorway with an old ledged door, and there is a small central window opening on the left-hand side wall, which contains a 20th-century window. In front of the doorway, there is a rubble and earth hedge, and a rubble wall connects the earth closet to a barn on the right. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Earth Closet at Approximately 15 Metres South West of Mingoose Farmhouse receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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