Former Penzance lifeboat house
Former Penzance lifeboat house, Wharf Road
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1210218
- Date first listed:
- 16-Mar-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Former Penzance lifeboat house
- Statutory Address:
- Former Penzance lifeboat house, Wharf Road
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1210218
- Date first listed:
- 16-Mar-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Former Penzance lifeboat house
- Statutory Address 1:
- Former Penzance lifeboat house, Wharf Road
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Former Penzance lifeboat house, Wharf Road
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Penzance
- National Grid Reference:
- SW 47503 30264
Details
This list entry was subjected to a Minor Enhancement 30 May 2024 to amend details in the description, name and address and reformat the text to current standards
SW 4730
5/100
PENZANCE
WHARF ROAD
Former Penzance lifeboat house
(Formerly listed as Old Lifeboat House)
II
Former lifeboat house, now in commercial use. 1884.
MATERIALS: Square coursed granite with ashlar dressings, slate roof.
EXTERIOR: Single-storey rectangular shed with double doors (modern), under a replaced lintel. Three-light oriel with granite mullions over door, flanked by terracotta roundels with the RNLI crest. Coped gable with kneelers, arched bellcote with ball finial. Long elevation with three square-headed small-paned windows.
HISTORY: The lifeboat was kept at Penzance from 1803-1917 and in this building 1885-1917. It is one of the best surviving examples in Cornwall.
Listing NGR: SW4750330264
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 351304
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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