Paynters Boathouse and Stevens' Tours and Customs House is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1952. Boathouse, customs house. 8 related planning applications.
Paynters Boathouse and Stevens' Tours and Customs House
- WRENN ID
- tilted-gallery-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 1952
- Type
- Boathouse, customs house
- Address
- Paynters Boathouse and Stevens' Tours and Customs House, the Wharf, St. Ives
- OS grid reference
- SW 518 406
- Coordinates
- 50.21355, -5.48
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This early 19th-century building comprises a boathouse, formerly known as Warrens, a tours office, and a customs house, situated on the wharf. The ground floor is constructed of granite ashlar, while the first floor is painted brick with granite quoins. It is two storeys high and has two windows, with a gable facing the road. The ground floor includes double doors leading to the boathouse and a deeply recessed, small 20th-century shop. On the first floor are two square “baby” windows, a central flagstaff, and a coat of arms. The roof is half-hipped and covered in slate.
Local climate
Paynters Boathouse and Stevens' Tours and Customs House 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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