Nos 28 and 29 and Attached Forecourt Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1950. Town house. 5 related planning applications.
Nos 28 and 29 and Attached Forecourt Railings
- WRENN ID
- endless-slate-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 December 1950
- Type
- Town house
- Address
- Nos 28 and 29 and Attached Forecourt Railings, Lemon Street, Truro, TR1 2LS
- OS grid reference
- SW 825 446
- Coordinates
- 50.26141, -5.05226
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of townhouses, dating to circa 1810, now used as offices. The lower level is constructed of granite ashlar, while the upper levels are of coursed local stone with granite dressings and a stuccoed parapet. The roof is natural slate, with brick stacks at the left end and a rendered chimney on the right.
These double-depth-plan houses are mirror images of each other, forming a symmetrical 3-window facade. The central pair of doorways are round-headed and slightly projecting, with granite pilasters and a moulded hood that connects to a mid-floor string course. The doorways are flanked by original hornless sash windows with glazing bars, set within shallow segmental arches featuring projecting key blocks. The interior of the building has not been inspected, but is likely to contain features of interest.
Wrought-iron railings border the entrance steps and extend over the forecourt walls, with steps leading down from each end. The railings are features within the building’s setting.
Local climate
Nos 28 and 29 and Attached Forecourt Railings receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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