48-50, Market Jew Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1974. Commercial. 7 related planning applications.

48-50, Market Jew Street

WRENN ID
open-soffit-rush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 February 1974
Type
Commercial
Address
48-50, Market Jew Street, Penzance
OS grid reference
SW 475 305
Coordinates
50.12144, -5.53378
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an 18th and 19th century building situated on Market Jew Street in Penzance. It is a two-story structure with a six-window front. The windows are primarily sash windows with glazing bars, although two are modern casements and two are elliptically bowed windows also with glazing bars. The building has three early 19th century shop fronts, notable for their wide, fluted pilasters and dentilled cornices. The exterior is finished in roughcast and stucco, and the roof is covered with slate.

Local climate

48-50, Market Jew Street 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 7 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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