King's Arms Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1974. Inn. 2 related planning applications.
King's Arms Inn
- WRENN ID
- blind-plinth-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1974
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- King's Arms Inn, Mousehole Lane, Penzance, TR19 6TZ
- OS grid reference
- SW 464 270
- Coordinates
- 50.08931, -5.5464
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The King's Arms Inn is an 18th-century building constructed from coursed rubble with a slate roof featuring gable ends. It is positioned at right angles to the road, with a modern entrance consisting of glazed double doors located at the end of the building. The inn has two storeys and four windows, which are wide double-hung sashes accompanied by narrow sidelights. At the rear, the building is finished with stucco and has a hipped roof. This inn is included for its group value, as it is part of a collection of listed structures that includes the Church, Churchyard Wall, and Vicarage, along with other listed items on Mousehole Lane, excluding Nos 1 and 2 Mount View.
Local climate
King's Arms Inn 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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