5 and 6, Post Office Row is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1988. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
5 and 6, Post Office Row
- WRENN ID
- veiled-gravel-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 5 and 6, Post Office Row, Gweek, TR12 6TU
- OS grid reference
- SW 706 268
- Coordinates
- 50.09722, -5.2082
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are a pair of cottages located in Post Office Row, Gweek, dating from the mid to late 19th century. They are constructed of killas rubble with granite dressings, and have an asbestos slate roof with brick chimneys on the gable end to the right and on the party wall to the left. The cottages have a double-depth plan, with each cottage featuring a single room at the front and entrances grouped together in the middle. They are two storeys high, and present a symmetrical two-window front with a pair of original four-panel doors and overlights centrally positioned. The windows are likely original 12-pane horned sashes. The interior was not inspected.
Local climate
5 and 6, Post Office Row receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% 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 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% 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 0.2°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 — 4 transactions since 1995
- 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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