The Lobster Pot Cafe and House is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1974. A Georgian Cafe, house. 3 related planning applications.
The Lobster Pot Cafe and House
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-nave-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1974
- Type
- Cafe, house
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- The Lobster Pot Cafe and House, South Cliff, Penzance, TR19 6QX
- OS grid reference
- SW 469 263
- Coordinates
- 50.08296, -5.53915
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lobster Pot Cafe and House dates from the 18th and 19th centuries, with significant alterations made in the 20th century. The main part of the building is constructed from granite rubble with new slate hanging to the second floor. It has a slate hipped roof and stands at a right angle to South Cliff, with its end facing the harbour. This section is three stories high and has one window. The second floor features a wide modern casement window, while the first floor has a wide square bay window. A 20th-century glazed balcony is cantilevered over the harbour on the ground floor. To the left, overlooking the harbour, is an 18th-century section of granite rubble with a slate roof and three windows. These windows consist of casements and sash windows with glazing bars, with a modern casement on the ground floor. The road elevation has a granite ground floor and slate hanging above, with no windows. The building is included on the list for group value, forming a group with Thy Marghas.
Local climate
The Lobster Pot Cafe and House 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 — 7 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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