Warehouse and Quay Walls at Rear of No.38 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1996. Warehouse.

Warehouse and Quay Walls at Rear of No.38

WRENN ID
white-truss-moss
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 April 1996
Type
Warehouse
Address
Warehouse and Quay Walls at Rear of No.38, Market Street, Falmouth
OS grid reference
SW 808 329
Coordinates
50.15573, -5.06918
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a warehouse located on the quay at the rear of No. 38 Market Street in Falmouth. It dates from the early 19th century and is built on a 17th-century quay. The structure is made of killas rubble with granite quoins and features a grouted scantle slate roof that is hipped at the quay end. The quay side has vertically-set rubble, except for the granite ashlar at the corners. The building has a rectangular plan and is two storeys high. It has small, irregularly-disposed window openings that contain 20th-century two-light casements. The quay end features two loading doorways with 20th-century glazed doors. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Warehouse and Quay Walls at Rear of No.38 receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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