Newsagents W E and B E Kessell is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1988. Shop. 3 related planning applications.

Newsagents W E and B E Kessell

WRENN ID
gaunt-bailey-moss
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 May 1988
Type
Shop
Address
Newsagents W E and B E Kessell, 6 and 8, Market Place, Padstow, PL28 8AL
OS grid reference
SW 918 754
Coordinates
50.54138, -4.9391
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an early 19th-century shop with living accommodation above, although the ground-floor shop was remodelled in the 20th century. The building is constructed of stone rubble with soft wood timber framing and slate hanging, topped with an asbestos slate roof featuring a hipped end. The original layout is unclear, but the building has a deep plan extending to the rear. The ground floor was gutted and partitions removed during a 20th-century remodelling, which included a new shop front with a stone rubble base and large 20th-century windows. The upper floors retain a regular two-window facade. The first floor has two hornless 12-pane sash windows in original frames. Two 20th-century windows are located above on the second floor. The interior was not inspected.

Local climate

Newsagents W E and B E Kessell sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2006
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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