Alverton Terrace is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1950. Terrace. 4 related planning applications.
Alverton Terrace
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-moat-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1950
- Type
- Terrace
- Address
- Alverton Terrace, 7, Alverton Road, Penzance, TR18 4JH
- OS grid reference
- SW 469 302
- Coordinates
- 50.1182, -5.54188
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 18th-century house built of dressed granite blocks. It has a steep slate roof with gable ends and two storeys plus an attic. The front features three windows, which are sash windows with glazing bars set within revealed casing. A splayed bay window is centrally positioned on the first floor, topped with a decorative cornice. The central doorway has a flat, pilastered doorcase with an entablature above. Small brackets support the eaves soffit, and a hipped dormer window is visible in the roof. The property forms part of a group with numbers 7 to 14 (consecutive) and Stanley House.
Local climate
Alverton Terrace 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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