Jews House is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1986. House. 2 related planning applications.

Jews House

WRENN ID
brooding-flint-wax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 March 1986
Type
House
Address
Jews House, Lansallos Street, Polperro, PL13 2QU
OS grid reference
SX 208 509
Coordinates
50.33128, -4.5185
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Jews House is a house that likely dates back to the 17th century. It is constructed of rendered and painted stone rubble, topped with a cement-washed rag slate roof that has hipped ends. An early crested ridge tile is present on the porch. The house features a painted brick front lateral chimney stack that serves the accommodation on the first floor.

The layout consists of a two-room plan on the first floor, with external steps leading to the entrance porch. On the ground floor, there is a store with a single room on either side of a central through passage that leads to a small courtyard, which is enclosed by the adjoining buildings Shalom and Pendennis, as well as later shop premises. The front elevation is two storeys high with a two-window range. The ground floor includes a brick segmental arched passage entrance directly beneath the front lateral chimney stack.

On the left-hand side, there is a stone rubble flight of steps with a renewed parapet leading up to a small porch beneath the hipped rag slate roof. The porch features a 20th-century two-light casement window and a part-glazed entrance door. To the right of the front lateral chimney stack, there is another two-light casement window beneath a raking roof dormer. Inside, the ground floor has a passage leading to the courtyard, with chamfered ceiling beams, and the entrance to the store is on the right. The first floor has been modernised, and the elevations are especially picturesque.

Local climate

Jews House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Shalom Grade II 6 m
  2. Pendennis Grade II 8 m
  3. Crabbers Restaurant Grade II 9 m
  4. Harbour View Cottage Grade II 13 m
  5. Roman Bridge Grade II 17 m
  6. Mermaid Cottage Grade II 17 m
  7. Corner Cottage Grade II 17 m
  8. House on Props Grade II 18 m
  9. The Court and Cottage Adjoing to the East Grade II 21 m
  10. Captains Cabin Grade II 21 m