The Cats Whiskers is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1988. Shop. 1 related planning application.
The Cats Whiskers
- WRENN ID
- spare-finial-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1988
- Type
- Shop
- Address
- The Cats Whiskers, 6, Broad Street, Padstow, PL28 8BS
- OS grid reference
- SW 918 753
- Coordinates
- 50.54096, -4.93905
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cats Whiskers is a shop with accommodation above, likely originally two houses, dating from the early 19th century. It features a slate-hung softwood frame and a cement-washed scantle slate roof with a rendered end stack on the right. The building is probably a pair of double-depth houses with a two-room plan, which was converted into a shop in the 20th century. The exterior is two storeys high with a regular two-window front, showcasing complete early 19th century 16-pane hornless sash windows, including two 16-pane sashes on the first floor. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Cats Whiskers sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% 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 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
- 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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