8, Cross Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1972. Town house.

8, Cross Street

WRENN ID
empty-lintel-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 May 1972
Type
Town house
Address
8, Cross Street, Helston
OS grid reference
SW 657 275
Coordinates
50.10193, -5.27762
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 8 Cross Street is a town house, likely built in the 18th century and raised in height during the 19th century. The exterior features pointed rubble with timber lintels and a steep asbestos slate roof. The building has a shallow-depth plan and consists of two storeys with a one-window range on the first floor. The first floor has a central tall six-pane window, while the ground floor has two four-pane windows, with the right window located under a shared lintel with a 20th-century door to its left. The interior has not been inspected. This building is included for its group value.

Local climate

8, Cross Street receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% 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 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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