Harbour Office is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1970. Harbour office. 1 related planning application.
Harbour Office
- WRENN ID
- over-moulding-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 April 1970
- Type
- Harbour office
- Address
- Harbour Office, North Cliff, Penzance, TR19 6PG
- OS grid reference
- SW 469 263
- Coordinates
- 50.08354, -5.5392
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Harbour Office, dating from the early to mid-19th century, is constructed of granite and has a slate roof with gable ends. The gable facing the harbour features shaped barge boards. The roof is topped by a late-19th century gabled clock tower. The front elevation facing Fore Street is stuccoed on the first floor and contains three sash windows without glazing bars. A central recessed doorway is topped by a rectangular fanlight. The building is included on the list for group value, along with other listed buildings on North Cliff which overlook the harbour.
Local climate
Harbour Office 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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