Harbour wharfs and piers including the two lighthouses is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1952. A Georgian Piers and lighthouses. 1 related planning application.
Harbour wharfs and piers including the two lighthouses
- WRENN ID
- third-sentry-soot
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 1952
- Type
- Piers and lighthouses
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Harbour wharfs and piers including the two lighthouses, St. Ives, TR26 1LP
- OS grid reference
- SW 520 407
- Coordinates
- 50.21498, -5.47642
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The harbour wharfs and piers, including two lighthouses, are significant structures located in the area. Smeaton's Pier, built between 1767 and 1770 and designed by John Smeaton, features an attractive squat lighthouse at its end. This lighthouse is made of coursed granite ashlar, has an octagonal shape on a large square plinth, a domed metal roof, and an iron railed balcony. It is primarily used as a lighthouse.
Smeaton's Pier was extended between 1888 and 1890, and at its head, there is a small octagonal lighthouse. The West Pier, constructed in 1894, was built to facilitate the shipping of roadstone from a local quarry. The listing also includes the harbour wharfs along the north and west sides of the harbour, as well as ramped walls and slipways.
Local climate
Harbour wharfs and piers including the two lighthouses receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% 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 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% 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 0.3°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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2004
- 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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