Latitude: 50.1186 / 50°7'7"N
Longitude: -5.5335 / 5°32'0"W
OS Eastings: 147503
OS Northings: 30264
OS Grid: SW475302
Mapcode National: GBR DXQC.G59
Mapcode Global: VH12Z.18HW
Plus Code: 9C2P4F98+FH
Entry Name: Former Penzance lifeboat house
Listing Date: 16 March 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1210218
English Heritage Legacy ID: 351304
ID on this website: 101210218
Location: Penzance, Cornwall, TR18
County: Cornwall
Civil Parish: Penzance
Built-Up Area: Penzance
Traditional County: Cornwall
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall
Church of England Parish: Penzance St John the Baptist
Church of England Diocese: Truro
Tagged with: House
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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
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