Trevose Lighthouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1988. A C19 Lighthouse. 5 related planning applications.
Trevose Lighthouse
- WRENN ID
- buried-banister-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1988
- Type
- Lighthouse
- Address
- Trevose Lighthouse, St. Merryn, PL28 8SL
- OS grid reference
- SW 850 765
- Coordinates
- 50.54922, -5.03518
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Trevose Lighthouse is a lighthouse built in 1847 by Jacob and Thomas Oliver and Sons of Falmouth. It features white painted masonry and has a circular tower that stands approximately 87 feet tall. The tower is topped with a parapet walkway and a lantern, which is surmounted by a weather-vane. At the base, there is a single-storey entrance block with a pediment, which has a central entrance. This entrance block is flanked by two low single-storey dwelling blocks arranged in a V-shaped plan, although these blocks contain 20th-century windows.
Due to thick fog, a full interior inspection could not be conducted at the time of the survey. It is noted that a fog signal was not installed until 1882, during its first major overhaul and updating.
Local climate
Trevose Lighthouse 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 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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