Peak House is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1986. House. 1 related planning application.
Peak House
- WRENN ID
- far-rood-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Peak House, Talland Hill, Polperro
- OS grid reference
- SX 209 510
- Coordinates
- 50.33202, -4.51774
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Peak House is a house built around the mid-19th century. It features a pebbledash rendered stone rubble exterior and a slate roof with hipped ends. The building has rendered brick stacks at the hipped ends and is constructed into the side of a hill, presenting a three-storey elevation that overlooks the harbour and a one-storey elevation facing Talland Hill. The layout is a double depth plan, with the main front rooms located on either side of the entrance hall, secondary rooms situated behind, and a rear wing with splayed corners. The symmetrical three-storey elevation facing the harbour includes two 12-pane sash windows flanking a part-glazed door from the late 19th century. Above this, there are three 12-pane sashes in exposed sash boxes, and the second floor features three two-light casements in what are likely original sash openings. Both elevations of the house remain unspoilt and unaltered. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Peak House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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