St Erbyn's School is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1974. School. 1 related planning application.

St Erbyn's School

WRENN ID
long-flint-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 February 1974
Type
School
Address
St Erbyn's School, Clarence Street, Penzance, TR18 2PA
OS grid reference
SW 470 304
Coordinates
50.12046, -5.54016
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St Erbyn's School is an early 19th-century building located on Clarence Street in Penzance. It is constructed from granite ashlar and features a string course, quoins, and sill aprons. The roof is slate and hipped, with a panelled eaves soffit. The front elevation has two storeys with three windows, while the side has two storeys with four windows and a two-storey extension with two additional windows. The windows are sashes with glazing bars. The entrance porch is made of wood and glass, supported by Corinthian columns and topped with an entablature.

Local climate

St Erbyn's School 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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