The Old Weighbridge is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 November 1999. Weighbridge house. 1 related planning application.
The Old Weighbridge
- WRENN ID
- cold-oriel-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Austell and Newquay MP: Noah Law (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 November 1999
- Type
- Weighbridge house
- Address
- The Old Weighbridge, Charlestown Road, St. Austell Bay, PL25 3NJ
- OS grid reference
- SX 038 517
- Coordinates
- 50.33269, -4.75783
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Weighbridge is a weighbridge house from the late 19th century, associated with a former coalyard that served the china clay and mining industry. The front is made of painted brick, while the sides are constructed from killas rubble, topped with a rag slate roof and a brick stack on the left. The building has a small rectangular single-cell plan. It features a wide front window with an original central light, a pair of 6-pane lights to the left, and a 20th-century 4-light transomed window on the right. The right-hand side has an original 4-pane horned sash window. Inside, the building contains the weighbridge controls and other original fittings. This structure played a significant role in the operations of this china clay port.
Local climate
The Old Weighbridge receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 follow 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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