Former Sergeants Mess Pendennis Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1973. Sergeants' mess. 1 related planning application.

Former Sergeants Mess Pendennis Castle

WRENN ID
young-beam-azure
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 January 1973
Type
Sergeants' mess
Address
Former Sergeants Mess Pendennis Castle, Castle Drive, Falmouth, TR11 4LP
OS grid reference
SW 823 318
Coordinates
50.1468, -5.0483
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Former Sergeants' Mess at Pendennis Castle is a building dating from 1911, located within the grounds of the castle. It is constructed from Killas rubble with granite dressings, which include a plinth, coping, quoins, jambstones, lintels, voussoirs, and a keyblock above the central doorway. The building features string courses along the gable ends and copings with moulded kneelers, topped by a dry Delabole slate roof and two stone axial stacks. It has a rectangular plan and is a single storey with a symmetrical front that has four windows. The original windows are 12-pane horned sashes, and there is a central top-glazed four-panel door. The interior was not inspected. This building is included for its group value with the castle.

Local climate

Former Sergeants Mess Pendennis Castle receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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