The Willows is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1974. A C19 House. 1 related planning application.
The Willows
- WRENN ID
- odd-cobalt-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Willows, Cornwall Terrace, Penzance, TR18 4HL
- OS grid reference
- SW 470 297
- Coordinates
- 50.11426, -5.53901
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Willows is an early 19th-century house located on Cornwall Terrace, Penzance. The house is built with roughcast render and has a slate hipped roof with moulded eaves soffits. It features end pilasters. The principal facade has two storeys and three windows, each set within recessed architraves and featuring sash windows with glazing bars. A string course runs along the facade. The central doorway is distinguished by engaged fluted Ionic columns supporting an entablature with a wide cornice, above a rectangular fanlight with intersecting glazing bars. A lean-to addition is present on the left end. The north elevation is splayed and contains two windows in recessed architraves. The rear elevation is covered in slate, and includes a circular stair bay with a tall, curved sash stair window.
Local climate
The Willows 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 — 2 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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