The Barbery Studio is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1970. Studio.

The Barbery Studio

WRENN ID
scattered-clay-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 April 1970
Type
Studio
Address
The Barbery Studio, North Cliff, Penzance
OS grid reference
SW 469 264
Coordinates
50.08386, -5.5387
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Barbery Studio is a building dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century. It features a ground floor made of whitened rubble, with stucco above. The building stands three storeys tall and has three windows, which include both sashes and casements with glazing bars. There are external stone steps leading to a recessed doorway on the first floor, and the ground floor has a wide entrance. The roof is slate and hipped. This building is included for its group value, as it is part of a collection of listed buildings in North Cliff that overlook the harbour.

Local climate

The Barbery Studio 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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