13 and 14, Market Place is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1974. Shop. 1 related planning application.
13 and 14, Market Place
- WRENN ID
- waning-ledge-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1974
- Type
- Shop
- Address
- 13 and 14, Market Place, Penzance
- OS grid reference
- SW 472 302
- Coordinates
- 50.11819, -5.53681
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 13 and 14 Market Place are an early 19th-century building of stucco construction, situated on the south side of the Market Place in Penzance. The building is two storeys high, originally with two windows, each being a large sash window with glazing bars. A tall ground-floor shop features recessed windows and a central entrance fascia supported by two slender cast iron columns. To the left is a later addition, a three-storey section with one window. Nos. 9 to 14, together with Cresta Silks Limited in Queen Square, form a group.
Local climate
13 and 14, Market Place 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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