Steps at Pentillie Quay is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1987. Steps.

Steps at Pentillie Quay

WRENN ID
crumbling-brick-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 October 1987
Type
Steps
Address
Steps at Pentillie Quay, Pillaton
OS grid reference
SX 411 645
Coordinates
50.45912, -4.23933
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The steps at Pentillie Quay are likely from the 18th century and are made of granite. They consist of three flights of wide granite steps that provide the most direct route from Pentillie Quay to Pentillie Castle.

Local climate

Steps at Pentillie Quay 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 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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