Building to north west of Island House adjoining former public lavatories is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1986. Store, studio.
Building to north west of Island House adjoining former public lavatories
- WRENN ID
- open-barrel-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1986
- Type
- Store, studio
- Address
- Building to north west of Island House adjoining former public lavatories, PL13 2RD
- OS grid reference
- SX 210 509
- Coordinates
- 50.33144, -4.51603
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building, located to the northwest of Island House and adjacent to former public lavatories in Polperro, is a store and studio dating from around the mid-19th century. It is constructed of painted stone rubble and features a slate roof with gable ends. The building has two storeys, with a gable end facing the front that includes two 19th-century two-light casement windows with glazing bars, flanking a partly glazed plank stable door. All these elements are topped with a long timber lintel. On the first floor, there is a three-light 19th-century casement window, also with a long timber lintel. At the rear, steps lead up to a plank door that provides access to the loft. The north slope of the roof has a corrugated plastic roof light. A 20th-century shelter with a lean-to roof has been added on the south side, overlooking the harbour. The exterior of the building remains unaltered. It is included in the register for its group value and is documented in an early photograph from around 1860 by Lewis Harding.
Local climate
Building to north west of Island House adjoining former public lavatories sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% 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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