The Vicarage is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1950. Vicarage. 1 related planning application.
The Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- swift-plaster-rush
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1950
- Type
- Vicarage
- Address
- The Vicarage, 24, Chapel Street, Penzance, TR18 4AP
- OS grid reference
- SW 474 300
- Coordinates
- 50.11672, -5.53396
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Vicarage, said to have been built in 1701, is a substantial granite ashlar building with a slate hipped roof, located on Chapel Street in Penzance. The road-facing facade is three storeys high with five windows, featuring sash windows with revealed casings and without glazing bars. A light granite eaves cornice runs along the top. A side entrance porch is open in design, supported by two fluted Ionic columns, adorned with a key motif frieze. The doorcase features fielded panel reveals, a traceried rectangular upper section, a fanlight, and a fielded panel door. A two-storey projection is solid and located above the porch.
The interior of The Vicarage is noted for its good quality detailing. A staircase incorporates turned balusters, Tuscan columns as newels, and a moulded rail, along with a panelled dado. Moulded ceilings, panelled doors with doorcases, semi-circular and elliptical arches, and a panelled room are also present.
The Vicarage forms a group with Nos. 19 to 28 (consec).
Local climate
The Vicarage 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.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
- 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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