York House is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1974. House. 6 related planning applications.
York House
- WRENN ID
- worn-paling-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- York House, St Clare Street, Penzance, TR18 3QW
- OS grid reference
- SW 466 306
- Coordinates
- 50.12203, -5.54601
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
York House is an early 19th century building constructed from coursed granite. It features a moulded cornice and an embattled parapet. The building has two storeys and includes two splayed bay windows, each with three sashes; the ground floor windows have intersecting glazing bars. Between the bay windows is an open granite porch supported by Tuscan columns, which has an entablature with a battlemented parapet and a semi-circular fanlight with tracery. A string course runs along the building. There are extensive 20th century additions at the rear.
Local climate
York House 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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