Market Place Steps and Paving is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1972. Steps and paving.

Market Place Steps and Paving

WRENN ID
stubborn-brick-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 May 1972
Type
Steps and paving
Address
Market Place Steps and Paving, Helston
OS grid reference
SW 659 274
Coordinates
50.10123, -5.27452
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Market Place steps and paving in Helston date from the early 19th century. They are made of dressed granite, featuring steps, flags, and copings with grooved surfaces. In areas that are less frequently walked on, beach cobbles have been used.

Local climate

Market Place Steps and Paving receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% 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 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% 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 0.2°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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