Chapel House is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1950. A C18 House. 13 related planning applications.
Chapel House
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-screen-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- Chapel House, Chapel Street, Penzance, TR18 4AQ
- OS grid reference
- SW 475 300
- Coordinates
- 50.11676, -5.53269
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chapel House is an 18th-century building located on the north-east side of Chapel Street, Penzance. It is set at a right angle to the road and is constructed of roughcast over granite ashlar, with stucco quoins and a string course. A modillion eaves cornice runs along the top. The roof is slate, with gable ends. The building is two storeys high and has five windows, with a three-window projection topped by a pediment containing a semi-circular attic window. The windows are sash windows with glazing bars. A modern glazed porch has been added to the centre. Chapel House is part of a group of listed buildings on the North East Side of Chapel Street.
Local climate
Chapel 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 19 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 13 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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