Pixie House to West of Lower Penpethy
PIXIE HOUSE TO WEST OF LOWER PENPETHY
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1223208
- Date first listed:
- 20-Jul-1987
- Statutory Address:
- PIXIE HOUSE TO WEST OF LOWER PENPETHY
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2004-11-06
- Reference:
- IOE01/13579/11
- Rights:
- © Ms Gill Vigors. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1223208
- Date first listed:
- 20-Jul-1987
- Statutory Address 1:
- PIXIE HOUSE TO WEST OF LOWER PENPETHY
Location
- Statutory Address:
- PIXIE HOUSE TO WEST OF LOWER PENPETHY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Tintagel
- National Grid Reference:
- SX0819186214
Details
TINTAGEL
SX 08 NE
Pixie House to west of Lower
4/165 Penpethy
II
Shop, possibly built as cottage. Probably late C19. Slate stone rubble. Scantle
slate roof with semi-conical hipped end on left and hipped end on right with gable
end to porch. Projecting front lateral stone rubble stack.
Very small 1 room plan with entrance through gabled porch on right and rounded left
end. Heated by a front lateral stack.
Single storey. Picturesque asymmetrical front elevation with low slate roof with
semi-conical hipped end on left and gabled open-fronted porch on right slightly to
right of centre of front a large lateral stack with wide set-offs, the shaft with
slated weathering at top. 2 narrow window openings flank the stack, the left hand
half dormer window with a gabled roof. Narrow window opening in left hand side wall.
Interior has segmental arched slate lintel to the fireplace and an exposed collar
rafter roof.
A board inside the porch states that this house, traditionally built for the piskies
in the C19, was formerly inhabited by an old woman.
Listing NGR: SX0819186214
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 68827
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 04-Jun-2026 at 19:47:21.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.