Althea is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1988. House. 1 related planning application.
Althea
- WRENN ID
- tall-hammer-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Althea, 28, High Street, Padstow, PL28 8BB
- OS grid reference
- SW 915 754
- Coordinates
- 50.54192, -4.9433
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Althea is a house located on the north side of Padstow High Street, with possible origins dating back to the 17th century. It is constructed from stone rubble, which is rendered and painted, and features a slate roof with gable ends and brick end stacks. The building has a two-room layout with a central entrance and is single depth, heated by the end stacks.
The exterior is two stories high and presents an almost symmetrical front with two windows. The openings have brick segmental arches. The entrance is positioned near the center and features a carved timber panel with a fleur-de-lys motif in the tympanum above the door. Flanking the entrance are two 19th-century two-light casement windows, each with a two-centred arch to each light, and there are two similar windows above.
The interior is not accessible for inspection, but the stone rubble front walls are likely almost one meter in depth.
Local climate
Althea sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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