85 and 87, Back Road is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1972. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

85 and 87, Back Road

WRENN ID
knotted-flagstone-twilight
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 December 1972
Type
Cottage
Address
85 and 87, Back Road, St. Ives, TR26 1PF
OS grid reference
SW 520 408
Coordinates
50.2158, -5.47715
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 85 and 87 on Back Road are 18th or 19th century cottages made of rubble. They are two storeys high and feature two widely spaced sash windows without glazing bars. The doors are modern. No 85 has a glazed porch with a hipped roof. The cottages have a slate roof and are part of a group of listed buildings that includes Nos 65 to 93A.

Local climate

85 and 87, Back Road receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% 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 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2011
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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