16-18, Alverton Road is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1974. Houses. 4 related planning applications.
16-18, Alverton Road
- WRENN ID
- small-steel-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1974
- Type
- Houses
- Address
- 16-18, Alverton Road, Penzance, TR18 2QP
- OS grid reference
- SW 470 302
- Coordinates
- 50.11832, -5.53987
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th and 19th century building located on the south side of Alverton Street in Penzance. It is constructed of granite blocks, with a slate roof and gable ends. The building is three storeys high and features two widely spaced windows on each floor. The windows are sash windows with revealed casing, and the second-floor window on the right-hand side has glazing bars. The ground floor has been altered and contains two small 19th-century shops. The building is included on the list due to its group value, forming a group with Nos 14 to 20.
Local climate
16-18, Alverton Road 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 2017
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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