2-18, Victoria Square is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1974. House. 10 related planning applications.

2-18, Victoria Square

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 February 1974
Type
House
Address
2-18, Victoria Square, Penzance, TR18 2EP
OS grid reference
SW 473 305
Coordinates
50.1209, -5.53551
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a row of 17th and 18th century shops and houses on Victoria Square in Penzance. The buildings, numbered 2 to 18, form three sides of a square, with former coach houses and number 18 completing the fourth side. Numbers 2 to 17 are two storeys high and have two or three windows each. They are stucco-faced with double-hung sash windows on the ground floor, which are generally three-light and contain glazing bars. The roofs are slate, with wide eaves. String courses are visible. Most of the entrances are modern. Number 18 is three storeys high with a rusticated stucco ground floor and a central recessed doorway featuring a cornice and consoles. It has a slate hipped roof. These buildings are designated as possessing group value.

Local climate

2-18, Victoria Square 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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  • 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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