16-18, Church Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1974. House.

16-18, Church Street

WRENN ID
waiting-vestry-bracken
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 February 1974
Type
House
Address
16-18, Church Street, Penzance
OS grid reference
SW 462 284
Coordinates
50.10178, -5.54917
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 16 to 18 on Church Street are early 19th-century buildings constructed from coursed granite, featuring a slate half-hipped roof. They are two storeys high and have three sash windows without glazing bars, while No 18 has modern casements. The doorways are plain with narrow rectangular fanlights, and No 18 has a modern door. These buildings are included in the listing for their group value, as they form a cohesive group with Nos 4, 5, 6, 16, 17, 18, and Rosecot.

Local climate

16-18, Church Street 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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