Coombe Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1950. House.

Coombe Cottage

WRENN ID
moated-cobalt-ivory
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 July 1950
Type
House
Address
Coombe Cottage, Coombe Lane, Penzance
OS grid reference
SW 475 312
Coordinates
50.12793, -5.53407
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Coombe Cottage is a 17th to 18th century building located on Coombe Lane in Penzance. It is constructed from colour-washed rubble and features a thatched roof with a hipped design, where the eaves sweep over the windows. The cottage has two storeys and includes two small horizontal sliding sash windows with glazing bars. There is a central door that is accompanied by a modern open wooden porch, and the building is topped with end chimney stacks.

Local climate

Coombe Cottage 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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