8, Chapel Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1974. House. 1 related planning application.

8, Chapel Street

WRENN ID
upper-rubble-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 February 1974
Type
House
Address
8, Chapel Street, Penzance, TR18 4AJ
OS grid reference
SW 473 301
Coordinates
50.11776, -5.53621
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 8 Chapel Street is a mid-19th century building constructed of stucco. It features a parapet and cornice and stands three storeys tall with three windows. The windows are sashes without glazing bars and have moulded architraves, with the first-floor windows adorned with cornices and a segmental pediment above the central window. The building has quoins and a large modern recessed shop front. It is included in the listing for its group value, as it forms part of a group with Nos. 5 to 11 Chapel Street.

Local climate

8, Chapel Street 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
  • 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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