China Clay Store is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 May 2001. Industrial building. 2 related planning applications.
China Clay Store
- WRENN ID
- watchful-casement-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 May 2001
- Type
- Industrial building
- Address
- China Clay Store, the Wharf, Porthleven, TR13 9JS
- OS grid reference
- SW 627 257
- Coordinates
- 50.08469, -5.3179
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The China Clay Store, built in 1893, is a Grade II listed structure located at Breageside, Inner Harbour in Porthleven. This building is constructed from whitewashed granite rubble and features a slate monopitch roof with gabled ends, including a light at the south end.
The store has a rectangular plan and consists of three cells, positioned on the quay and built into the cliff at the rear, facing the Inner Harbour. The symmetrical east front displays three round or cambered arch entrances, each with a small square hatch above. There is a similar entrance at the south end and an additional hatch at the north end.
The interior has been partly converted, with floors inserted. It is noted that this china clay store may have been constructed by Harvey's of Hayle, the same company that built the harbour at Porthleven.
Local climate
China Clay Store receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- 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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