The Gifford is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1953. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Gifford
- WRENN ID
- tired-cobalt-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 April 1953
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Gifford, 20, Church Street, Padstow, PL28 8BG
- OS grid reference
- SW 916 754
- Coordinates
- 50.54169, -4.94188
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two houses, likely dating from the 18th century, are located on Church Street in Padstow. They are built of rendered and painted stone rubble, with a timber frame visible above the ground floor, and have slate roofs with gable ends. A brick stack is located on the right-hand side.
The houses have a combined plan: the left-hand house (No. 20, The Gifford) has a two-room plan with a single depth and a central entrance. The right-hand house (No. 18) has a two-room plan with a double depth and an entrance on the right.
The exterior is two stories high, with a regular four-window front. The upper floors are clad in slate. No. 20 (The Gifford) presents an almost symmetrical three-window facade. It features an early 19th-century 16-pane sash window on the left and a likely shop window on the right, flanking the entrance. Two 19th-century 16-pane hornless sash windows on the first floor flank a central blind window. No. 18 to the right has a 20th-century window to the left and an entrance with a six-panel door to the right. A 16-pane horned sash window is located on the first floor.
The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Gifford sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% 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 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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