The Information Bureau is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1972. Information bureau.
The Information Bureau
- WRENN ID
- sunken-cupola-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1972
- Type
- Information bureau
- Address
- The Information Bureau, High Street, St. Ives
- OS grid reference
- SW 517 405
- Coordinates
- 50.21235, -5.4805
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Information Bureau is an early 19th-century building located on the south side of High Street. It stands three storeys tall and features two windows. The exterior is finished in stucco and includes a cornice. There is a pilaster at the east end, while the west end is curved. The building has sash windows set within moulded architrave surrounds, and the glazing bars are intact. A contemporary shop window is present, which has fluted columns, a moulded cornice, and curved doors. The Information Bureau forms a group with Lloyds Bank.
Local climate
The Information Bureau receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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