12, 13 and 14, Victoria Square is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1973. Town house, shop. 1 related planning application.
12, 13 and 14, Victoria Square
- WRENN ID
- fading-parapet-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1973
- Type
- Town house, shop
- Address
- 12, 13 and 14, Victoria Square, Truro, TR1 2RU
- OS grid reference
- SW 824 447
- Coordinates
- 50.26292, -5.0538
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
12, 13, and 14 Victoria Square are three townhouses that have been converted into shops. They were built in the early to mid-19th century. The front is finished in stucco, while the upper part above the ground floor on the right-hand return features asbestos slate hanging on studwork over a brick base. The roof is made of grouted scantle slate and has a hipped return on the right side.
The buildings sit on a double-depth corner site and rise three storeys high. The front facing Victoria Square has a four-window range, while the side facing Calenick Street has a two-window range. The main facade on Victoria Square features original 12-pane hornless sash windows, except for the upper sash of the right-hand end window, which is a later replacement. There are two canted bay windows on the first floor, also with original hornless sashes and glazing bars, except for the lower sash on the left. These bay windows are topped with moulded cornices that connect to a moulded string. The upper floors have end pilasters, a middle pilaster on the first floor, and a moulded eaves cornice.
The ground floor has three late 19th-century shop fronts, including a corner shop on the right, which feature pilasters, consoles, and moulded cornices above the fascia, along with 20th-century shop windows. The right-hand return has original 12-pane hornless sashes on the upper floors. The interiors of the shops were altered in the 20th century, and the upper floors have not been inspected.
Local climate
12, 13 and 14, Victoria Square 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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