8, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Town house. 2 related planning applications.
8, High Street
- WRENN ID
- ruined-barrel-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Town house
- Address
- 8, High Street, Launceston, PL15 8ER
- OS grid reference
- SX 331 846
- Coordinates
- 50.63724, -4.36073
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 8 High Street is a town house with a later shop, dating from the mid-19th century. The exterior features render that has replaced the original stucco on studwork, and it has a dry slate roof with projecting front eaves. The building has a deep plan and stands three storeys tall, with a three-window range. The upper floors retain original 6-pane hornless sash windows, while the ground floor has a full-width shop front that was added in the late 20th century. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
8, High Street sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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