Hepworths is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1974. Commercial. 3 related planning applications.
Hepworths
- WRENN ID
- seventh-bastion-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1974
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- Hepworths, 23, Market Place, Penzance, TR18 2JD
- OS grid reference
- SW 472 302
- Coordinates
- 50.11838, -5.53744
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hepworths is a mid-19th century building located on the west side of Penzance Market Place. It is constructed of stucco and stands three storeys tall with three windows. The ground floor features a large modern shop front, while the upper levels are characterized by massive Corinthian half-columns and pilasters, along with a broken entablature and a balustraded parapet. The building has sash windows without glazing bars, and it includes cornices and consoles. Hepworths serves as a prominent end-piece in the view up Market Jew Street.
Local climate
Hepworths 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.
- No sale records on file
- 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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