Quay Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1972. Cottage. 9 related planning applications.
Quay Cottages
- WRENN ID
- brooding-rood-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1972
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Quay Cottages, Quay Street, St. Ives, TR26 1PT
- OS grid reference
- SW 520 408
- Coordinates
- 50.21543, -5.47693
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are 18th and 19th century cottages built on a rock foundation at the edge of the harbour. They are constructed of painted stone rubble, with the upper stages incorporating painted brick. The cottages are two storeys high, with a basement level. They have three widely spaced windows, featuring sashes and casements, without glazing bars. A wide basement entrance provides access from the beach. The rear entrances are accessed via panelled doors. The roof is slate, with both hipped and gable ends.
Local climate
Quay Cottages receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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