Cresta Silks Limited is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1974. Commercial.
Cresta Silks Limited
- WRENN ID
- sacred-dormer-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1974
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- Cresta Silks Limited, Queen Square, Penzance
- OS grid reference
- SW 472 302
- Coordinates
- 50.11812, -5.53679
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cresta Silks Limited is an early 19th-century building located on the east side of Queen Square in Penzance. It is constructed of stucco and has two storeys with two sash windows that feature glazing bars. The building is topped with a parapet and cornice, and it has a string course and flat end pilasters. The late 19th-century double fronted shop includes large end consoles. Cresta Silks Limited is part of a group with Nos 9 to 14 Market Place.
Local climate
Cresta Silks Limited sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. 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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