Nancealverne House is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1950. House. 2 related planning applications.

Nancealverne House

WRENN ID
rusted-tower-yew
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 July 1950
Type
House
Address
Nancealverne House, Penzance
OS grid reference
SW 461 307
Coordinates
50.12263, -5.55315
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nancealverne House is an 18th-century country house situated facing an open paddock. It is constructed of coursed granite with a slate hipped roof. The building features one string course, chamfered quoins, wide eaves with a panelled soffit, and two storeys. It has five windows, each with flat arches and keystones, containing sash windows with glazing bars. A central wooden porch, glazed and with corner pilasters and a flat cornice, provides access.

Local climate

Nancealverne House 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2015
  • 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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