Former Penzance lifeboat house is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1987. Former lifeboat house. 2 related planning applications.
Former Penzance lifeboat house
- WRENN ID
- carved-frieze-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1987
- Type
- Former lifeboat house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
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SW 4730 5/100
PENZANCE WHARF ROAD Former Penzance lifeboat house
(Formerly listed as Old Lifeboat House)
II
Former lifeboat house, now in commercial use. 1884.
MATERIALS: Square coursed granite with ashlar dressings, slate roof.
EXTERIOR: Single-storey rectangular shed with double doors (modern), under a replaced lintel. Three-light oriel with granite mullions over door, flanked by terracotta roundels with the RNLI crest. Coped gable with kneelers, arched bellcote with ball finial. Long elevation with three square-headed small-paned windows.
HISTORY: The lifeboat was kept at Penzance from 1803-1917 and in this building 1885-1917. It is one of the best surviving examples in Cornwall.
Listing NGR: SW4750330264
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