The Abbey Warehouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 2003. Warehouse. 4 related planning applications.
The Abbey Warehouse
- WRENN ID
- pitched-terrace-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 2003
- Type
- Warehouse
- Address
- The Abbey Warehouse, Penzance
- OS grid reference
- SW 475 301
- Coordinates
- 50.11716, -5.53339
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Abbey Warehouse is a warehouse dating from around 1840 or earlier in the 19th century. Built of coursed granite with ashlar dressings, it features a flat roof constructed of large slate slabs.
The building has a long, narrow rectangular plan, built along the quay and into the cliff at the rear. The northeast front, facing Abbey Basin, is three storeys high and has a 1:2:2:3:2:2:1 bay arrangement. Broad, giant pilasters rise from the quay to the second-floor cornice, with paired two-light casements between them. The end bays are narrower, with single casements. The wider central bay has casements flanking loading doors on the ground and first floors, with steps recessed into the quay. The second floor, with an attic storey, has seven widely-spaced small casements with cambered arches, topped by a parapet with plain stone coping.
Inside, the floors are supported by cast-iron posts, and a central staircase provides access. The first and second floors at the northwest end have been removed. The roof, made of large slate slabs, is supported by iron girders.
The warehouse is a good example of an early to mid-19th century quayside building, making a significant contribution to Penzance harbour.
Local climate
The Abbey Warehouse 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 — 1 transaction since 2024
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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