1, 2, 4 and 5, Florence Place is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1974. Residential.
1, 2, 4 and 5, Florence Place
- WRENN ID
- rooted-steel-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1974
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- 1, 2, 4 and 5, Florence Place, Penzance
- OS grid reference
- SW 470 264
- Coordinates
- 50.08383, -5.5378
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 1, 2, 4, and 5 Florence Place is a mid-19th century terrace located on a corner, positioned almost at right angles. The building is constructed from coursed granite rubble and features a slurried slate roof, with one end hipped and the other gabled. It has wide eaves and is two storeys high, with four windows on each elevation that are widely spaced and consist of sashes without glazing bars. The doorways are plain and include rectangular fanlights. Nos 4 and 5 have modern doorcases topped with flat pediments. This terrace is included for its group value with Nos 1 and 2 Carn Topna.
Local climate
1, 2, 4 and 5, Florence Place 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2000
- No related consent applications matched
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