Description

PENRYN

SW7834SE HIGHER MARKET STREET
580-1/6/80 Nos.19 AND 21
22/09/71

GV II

Town house. C16, remodelled front C17 and early C18. Stucco on
rubble, rubble at rear; steep dry roof, cast-iron ogee gutter.
U-shaped plan flanking ope (through-passage) with very deep
rear wing on right, part of Nos 1-4 Eason's Yard (qv). 3
storeys; 4-window range. Late C19 or C20 horned sashes with
margin panes, ground floor with 2 late C19/early C20 shop
fronts: 2-light shopfront on left (No.19) with canted
sidelight to doorway at far left with 4-panel top-glazed door
with arched top panels; 4-light double shop front to No.21
with splayed doorway with sidelights and glazed door. Rear
wing of 21 has reused granite fragments of C17 mullioned
windows. INTERIOR: much renovated c1980 including the removal
of C17 four-light wooden ovolo-moulded window; an old
staircase; a C16 moulded beam which had been reused as a wall
plate; one bay of C16 moulded joists now reused in No.1
Eason's Yard and a c1700 bolection-moulded chimneypiece.
Features that survive include a C16 floor with moulded oak
beams and joists in rear wing; a blocked half of a C16
four-centred arched lateral fireplace; C16 roof structure
above with curved feet to trusses with cranked morticed
collars and threaded purlins.
(The Penryn Survey Group: 1980-1990).

Listing NGR: SW7852434372

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26586105

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings