1 and 3, Back Road West is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1972. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
1 and 3, Back Road West
- WRENN ID
- peeling-moulding-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1972
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 1 and 3, Back Road West, St. Ives, TR26 1NF
- OS grid reference
- SW 517 408
- Coordinates
- 50.21533, -5.48113
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The buildings at 1 and 3 Back Road West in St Ives are 18th and 19th century cottages arranged around a central courtyard. They are constructed of rubble with slate hanging on the upper floors. The windows are sash windows without glazing bars, set within moulded surrounds. There is a glazed door. The roofs are covered in slates. The exterior walls are not slate-hung, and numbers 6 and "Beach Cottage" face the beach, featuring modern two-story bay windows and a balcony. These cottages have group value due to their collective appearance and arrangement.
Local climate
1 and 3, Back Road West 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 — 2 transactions 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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