Cataclews Fish Cellars is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1988. Fish cellars, house. 1 related planning application.
Cataclews Fish Cellars
- WRENN ID
- buried-spandrel-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1988
- Type
- Fish cellars, house
- Address
- Cataclews Fish Cellars, St. Merryn, PL28 8SQ
- OS grid reference
- SW 871 758
- Coordinates
- 50.54378, -5.00497
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cataclews Fish Cellars are a complex of early 19th-century fish cellars that have been converted into a house. The building is constructed of stone rubble, with some areas covered in slate hung with rag slates. The end stacks and two rear lateral stacks are clad in slate stone, added in the late 20th century.
The layout is based on a courtyard, with a front range of single-depth plan. Originally, there was a wide opening in the centre of the front, leading through to the inner courtyard. Two wings extend to the rear, both open-fronted to the courtyard, which is enclosed by a stone rubble wall on its rear side. The building was converted into a house around the mid-20th century.
The exterior is two storeys and has a regular five-window front, with a wide blocked opening in the centre. Two 20th-century windows are positioned centrally, and the lintel above is inscribed with the Latin phrase "LUCRI DULCIS ODOR" (profit smells sweet). There are three-light 20th-century casement windows to the right and left of the entrance, and five 20th-century windows on the first floor. External steps lead up to a loft on the right-hand end.
Internally, the courtyard to the rear has been resurfaced and the original drainage channels have been filled in.
Local climate
Cataclews Fish Cellars sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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 — 2 transactions since 2017
- 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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