54 and 54a, Fore Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1974. House. 1 related planning application.
54 and 54a, Fore Street
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- 54 and 54a, Fore Street, Penzance, TR18 5JR
- OS grid reference
- SW 464 284
- Coordinates
- 50.10184, -5.54689
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The buildings at 54 and 54A Fore Street date from the 17th and 18th centuries. They are two storeys high and have a rendered exterior, with the upper floor slightly overhanging the ground floor. The front features three sash windows with vertical glazing bars. There are two recessed doorways. The roof is gabled and covered with slate tiles coated in a slurry. The listing includes buildings to the rear, which are supported by pillars and have an open ground floor, arranged around a courtyard.
Local climate
54 and 54a, Fore Street 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.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2015
- 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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