Description

PENRYN

SW7834SW LOWER MARKET STREET
580-1/5/104 Nos.52, 54 AND 56
28/01/49 Stoke House
(Formerly Listed as:
LOWER STREET
(North side)
No.52
The Nunnery)
(Formerly Listed as:
LOWER STREET
(North side)
Nos.54 AND 56)

GV II

Mansion house with 2 later shops built in front. Mid C18 on
C17 site, granite ashlar with flat arches and modillion
cornice to 4-bay balustrade as parapet to flat roof.
Double-depth plan. Mid-Georgian style. 3 storeys over
basement; symmetrical 5-bay 5-window front. C20 horned copy
sashes with glazing bars; square 2nd-floor windows over tall
windows; ground floor with central doorway approached by
flight of granite steps and basement obscured by pair of C20
double shop fronts flanking a central passage. Rear also 5
bays with similar details. INTERIOR converted to flats c1980
at which time most features of interest, including a large
open-well stair, were removed. HISTORY: in 1751 (a possible
build date) this building is called Pearce's Great House.
Nos 54 & 56 listed 22.9.71.
(Palmer J: The People of Penryn in the Seventeenth Century:
Truro: 1986-; The Penryn Survey Group: 1980-1990).

Listing NGR: SW7842134450

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26586070

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Recommended Books

• 
  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)