2 and 4, Beacon Terrace is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1973. Pair of houses.

2 and 4, Beacon Terrace

WRENN ID
final-bonework-lark
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 January 1973
Type
Pair of houses
Address
2 and 4, Beacon Terrace, Falmouth
OS grid reference
SW 804 332
Coordinates
50.1583, -5.07451
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

2 and 4 Beacon Terrace are a pair of houses built in the early to mid 19th century. The front is finished in stucco on rubble, while the rear features slate hanging. They have a hipped roof made of asbestos slate and brick chimney stacks. The houses have a double-depth plan and rise two storeys above a basement, with a five-bay front displaying a 1:3:1 fenestration pattern.

The design includes a moulded parapet cornice with mid-floor and first-floor string courses. The central three bays project slightly forward and feature hoods supported by consoles, with segmental pediments above the windows over the doorways. The original windows are 12-pane hornless sashes. Notable features include fine original glazed porches at the second and fourth bays, which have end consoles, moulded cornices, and patterned overlights on the sides.

The rear retains original window arrangements on the upper floors, except for the stair bay of No. 2. Notably, there is a round-arched upper stair window in No. 1, and the other bays are canted. The interior has not been inspected but is likely to be of interest.

Local climate

2 and 4, Beacon Terrace receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% 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 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% 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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