Public Buildings is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1950. Public building. 1 related planning application.
Public Buildings
- WRENN ID
- sunken-keystone-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1950
- Type
- Public building
- Address
- Public Buildings, Alverton Road, Penzance, TR18 2QR
- OS grid reference
- SW 470 303
- Coordinates
- 50.11878, -5.54023
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 19th-century public building made of monumental granite ashlar. It has two storeys and a semi-basement, featuring eleven windows, all of which have semi-circular arches and recessed architraves. The building includes two string courses, an eaves cornice with brackets, and an eaves parapet. There are keystones and quoins that are in relief. The central block of five windows is set back from the rest of the façade. Additionally, there is a flat Doric entrance porch supported by twin columns, with a Palladian window located above on the first floor.
Local climate
Public Buildings sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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