3 and 3a, River Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1971. Town house, shop. 2 related planning applications.
3 and 3a, River Street
- WRENN ID
- quiet-lime-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 January 1971
- Type
- Town house, shop
- Address
- 3 and 3a, River Street, Truro
- OS grid reference
- SW 824 448
- Coordinates
- 50.26329, -5.05358
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 3 and 3A on River Street is a town house that has been converted into two shops. It dates from the early 19th century and features a stucco exterior on studwork, topped with a grouted scantle slate roof. The building has a deep plan that has been altered to accommodate the shops. It stands three storeys tall and has a two-window range on the front. The façade includes quoin strips and original 12-pane hornless sash windows. The first-floor windows are adorned with flat anthemion-decorated pediments supported by consoles, while the second and third floors feature shell-decorated aprons and architraves with scrolled ears. The ground floor consists of two shop fronts; the left-hand shop has fluted pilasters, while both shop fronts are otherwise modern from the 20th century, featuring high fascia. The interior of the shop has been modernised, and the rest was not inspected.
Local climate
3 and 3a, River Street 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 — 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
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