1, Madford Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Town house.

1, Madford Lane

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Type
Town house
Address
1, Madford Lane, Launceston
OS grid reference
SX 332 845
Coordinates
50.63639, -4.35978
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 1 Madford Lane is a small town house that has been converted into a shop. It dates from the 18th century and features a rendered front that is likely built on rubble, with slate hanging on the left-hand gable. The building has a steep rag slate roof and a rubble stack on the left side. It has a deep narrow plan that includes a deep rear wing and stands three storeys tall with a narrow one-window range. The second floor has an old 12-pane, 2-light casement window, while the other windows and the door on the right side are from the 20th century. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

1, Madford Lane 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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