6 and 6a, High Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1993. Town house, office. 4 related planning applications.
6 and 6a, High Cross
- WRENN ID
- tilted-flint-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1993
- Type
- Town house, office
- Address
- 6 and 6a, High Cross, Truro, TR1 2AJ
- OS grid reference
- SW 825 448
- Coordinates
- 50.26393, -5.05209
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 6 and 6A High Cross is a town house, now used as an office, dating from the early 19th century. The building is constructed of stucco and has an asbestos slate roof with a cast-iron ogee gutter. It features a double-depth plan and stands two storeys high with a three-window range. To the left, there is a late 19th-century four-panelled door, two of which are glazed, set within an architrave that has pilasters. The windows are 12-pane horned sashes with cambered keyed arches above them. The interior has not been inspected. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
6 and 6a, High Cross 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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