Morrab Library (Former Morrab House) is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1974. Library. 1 related planning application.
Morrab Library (Former Morrab House)
- WRENN ID
- spare-lancet-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1974
- Type
- Library
- Address
- Morrab Library (Former Morrab House), Morrab Gardens, Penzance, TR18 4DA
- OS grid reference
- SW 471 300
- Coordinates
- 50.11624, -5.53786
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Morrab Library, formerly known as Morrab House, is a stucco house built in 1841 for Samuel Pidwell. The building features a cornice and parapet, with panelled end pilasters. It is two storeys high and has four windows, with the central two projecting forward and having recessed architraves. The windows are sashes with glazing bars. An open granite porch is located off centre, supported by Tuscan columns and an entablature. The south elevation also has two storeys and four windows.
Local climate
Morrab Library (Former Morrab House) 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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- 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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