Jamaica Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1974. Cottages. 1 related planning application.
Jamaica Cottages
- WRENN ID
- late-flagstone-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1974
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Jamaica Cottages, 1-3, Treen Lane, Penzance, TR19 6RW
- OS grid reference
- SW 468 263
- Coordinates
- 50.08299, -5.54031
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Jamaica Cottages comprises three cottages built in the early to mid-19th century. They are constructed from granite rubble with slate roofs and are arranged with a hipped roof design. The front elevation, facing east, features three widely-spaced windows across two floors. These windows are sash windows with glazing bars. Each cottage has a three-panelled door. The east elevation, situated on a sloping site, presents two floors and a basement, with four windows. These basement and ground floor windows are sash windows without glazing bars. Steps lead up to the doorway on the left-hand side of the elevation.
Local climate
Jamaica Cottages 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 — 3 transactions since 2001
- 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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