Westward Ho is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1974. House.

Westward Ho

WRENN ID
waiting-hammer-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 February 1974
Type
House
Address
Westward Ho, Fore Street, Penzance, TR19 6TQ
OS grid reference
SW 468 264
Coordinates
50.08375, -5.53961
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Westward Ho is an early 19th-century building located on the south side of Fore Street in Mousehole. It is constructed from granite rubble and features a slurried slate roof with both hipped and gabled ends. The building has two storeys and three windows, although the first-floor window is blocked. The windows are sashes without glazing bars, and there is a modern glazed door. This building is included in the listing for its group value, as it is part of a collection of listed buildings on the south side.

Local climate

Westward Ho 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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