The Laurels is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1974. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Laurels
- WRENN ID
- other-sentry-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Austell and Newquay MP: Noah Law (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1974
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Laurels, St. Austell Bay, PL26 6AY
- OS grid reference
- SX 028 505
- Coordinates
- 50.32189, -4.7706
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Laurels is a 17th-century cottage located in Higher Porthpean, forming part of a village group of listed buildings. The original cottage is constructed of cob and is two storeys high, with three windows. The upper floor has modern casements. The ground floor has two small sash windows, one of which retains glazing bars. A central panelled and glazed door is accessed via a porch. The roof is slate-covered, with a brick gable facing the road. An early 19th-century two-storey section adjoins the cottage, featuring two sash windows with glazing bars and slate roofs with gable ends.
Local climate
The Laurels receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% 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 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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 2011
- 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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