The Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1949. Town house.
The Manor House
- WRENN ID
- quiet-screen-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 January 1949
- Type
- Town house
- Address
- The Manor House, 39, Higher Market Street, Penryn
- OS grid reference
- SW 784 343
- Coordinates
- 50.168, -5.10364
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Manor House is a town house built in 1768, as indicated by a datestone at the rear, and is located on a site that dates back to the 17th century. The building is constructed of granite ashlar and features a plinth and flat keyed arches. It has a steep asbestos slate roof at the front, adorned with a modillion eaves cornice, while the rear and the rear wings are covered with scantle slate. The deep wing on the left retains many 17th-century crested clay ridge tiles, and the house has a deep plan that includes these rear wings.
The Manor House is designed in a mid-Georgian style and stands three storeys tall with a symmetrical five-window front. It likely has original 12-pane hornless sash windows and a central doorcase that is also original, featuring a pediment with eared moulded architrave, pilasters, and consoles. The entrance includes an 8-panel door with an overlight that has three lozenge panes and panelled reveals. The rear wings have wide openings that are spanned by flat arches with projecting keystones. Although the interior was not accessible during the survey, it is reported to retain most of its original features.
Local climate
The Manor House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% 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 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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