19 and 20, Chapel Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1970. Terraced house. 3 related planning applications.
19 and 20, Chapel Street
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 April 1970
- Type
- Terraced house
- Address
- 19 and 20, Chapel Street, Penzance, TR18 4AW
- OS grid reference
- SW 474 300
- Coordinates
- 50.11693, -5.53454
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 19 and 20 Chapel Street are a pair of 18th-century buildings. They are constructed of brick with two horizontal string courses and brick aprons beneath the window sills. A modillion eaves cornice runs along the top. The roof is covered with slate and has a steep pitch. The buildings are three storeys high and have eight windows. Most windows are sash windows set within revealed casings. No. 20 has windows containing glazing bars. The second-floor windows of No. 19 are 2-light casements, and one is bow-fronted on the first floor. The doorway to No. 20 includes two Doric columns, a recessed pediment, and a semi-circular fanlight. No. 19 has a rectangular fanlight above its doorway. Nos 19 to 28 Chapel Street form a notable group.
Local climate
19 and 20, Chapel 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 10 transactions since 2010
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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