40 and 41, Market Place is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1974. Commercial building. 10 related planning applications.
40 and 41, Market Place
- 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
- Commercial building
- Address
- 40 and 41, Market Place, Penzance, TR18 2JG
- OS grid reference
- SW 472 303
- Coordinates
- 50.11906, -5.53642
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are early 19th-century buildings located on the north side of Penzance Market Place. They are rendered with a slate roof and wide eaves, featuring pilasters on the first and second floors and a decorative band. The buildings are two storeys high and originally contained three windows within recessed surrounds, with sash windows lacking glazing bars. The front now has two modern shop fronts that are not in keeping with the original appearance. The buildings are listed for their group value alongside numbers 38 to 41 Market Place and numbers 1 and 2 Market Jew Street.
Local climate
40 and 41, Market Place 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 10 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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