The Change House and Adjoining Walls is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 1987. Former inn.
The Change House and Adjoining Walls
- WRENN ID
- veiled-chancel-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 October 1987
- Type
- Former inn
- OS grid reference
- SW 515 300
- Coordinates
- 50.11873, -5.4767
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Change House and adjoining walls is a former inn that later served as a changing house for bathing in the harbour, along with the adjoining harbour walls. It dates from the early 18th century and was remodeled in the late 19th century. The building features painted granite rubble walls and a steep dry Delabole slate roof with a brick axial chimney located towards the left.
The structure has a single depth range that was remodeled in the 19th century, possibly originally a two-room house with an all-room plan at either end. The roof was heightened in the late 19th century. The building is two storeys high and has a slightly irregular four-window front facing roughly south. There is a small wing at the front towards the right, which is linked to the Steward's House.
On the far left, there is a projecting shopfront with small panes and sidelights, and a doorway to its right with a large hood over both. Slightly to the right is a large doorway that provides access to the ground and first floors. The windows are small rectangular openings fitted with various sashes, including late 18th-century sashes or casements. Above the shopfront is a 12-pane hornless sash window from the early 19th century.
The interior has not been inspected. The north wall is built over a sea-defences retaining wall, and to the right of the rear wall are tall rubble walls with lean-tos against them. This building is depicted in a watercolor from 1805 titled 'The Sugar Loaf Inn'.
Local climate
The Change House and Adjoining Walls receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% 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 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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