1 AND 2, CATHEDRAL LANE (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1993. Shop. 2 related planning applications.
1 AND 2, CATHEDRAL LANE (See details for further address information)
- WRENN ID
- waiting-tallow-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1993
- Type
- Shop
- Address
- 1 AND 2, CATHEDRAL LANE (See details for further address information), 23, Boscawen Street, Truro, TR1 2QW
- OS grid reference
- SW 826 448
- Coordinates
- 50.26348, -5.05129
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
1 and 2 Cathedral Lane are shops with accommodation above, built in 1905 by architect Alfred J Cornelius on existing foundations. The building features a combination of glazed brick with freestone dressings and timber-framing, particularly noticeable in the jettied and pedimented second-floor gable. It has a dry Delabole slate roof and a brick and freestone lateral chimney. The structure has a rectangular plan and is oriented end on to Boscawen Street, showcasing an eclectic Elizabethan vernacular style.
The building is three stories high and has a one-window range. The ground floor includes shop windows topped with a moulded entablature. The first floor is characterized by freestone rustications and a tripartite mullioned window with horned sashes, set within a triple-keyed architrave that features a Gibbs surround and is supported by an apron with a blind arcade and guttae-like brackets. The second floor has a jetty supported by two moulded corbels, with elaborate timber-framing around recessed roughcast panels. It also features a segmental-pedimented oriel window with a two-light cross window and pilasters beneath a dentilled open pediment. The Cathedral Lane elevation is richly detailed and retains its original shop fronts. The interiors of the shops have been altered in the 20th century and were not inspected. Architectural specification documents and plans for this building by Alfred J Cornelius are held by the Cornwall Record Office.
Local climate
1 AND 2, CATHEDRAL LANE (See details for further address information) receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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- 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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