42, St Thomas Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 June 1993. Town house. 1 related planning application.
42, St Thomas Hill
- WRENN ID
- grey-groin-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 June 1993
- Type
- Town house
- Address
- 42, St Thomas Hill, Launceston, PL15 8BL
- OS grid reference
- SX 329 849
- Coordinates
- 50.63993, -4.36348
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 19th-century town house located on St Thomas Hill in Launceston. The building is constructed of incised stucco over a rubble core, with a rag slate roof and a rendered stack on the left side. It has an L-shaped plan, incorporating a wing at the rear right. The house has two storeys and a two-window front elevation. It features 20th-century six-pane horned sash windows, with a projecting lean-to bay window in the recessed bay on the left, which contains a pair of four-pane sashes and a sidelight. A central 20th-century door provides access to the interior, which has not been inspected. The building is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
42, St Thomas Hill sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2012
- 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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