7 AND 9, HIGHER MARKET STREET

7 AND 9, HIGHER MARKET STREET

Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places

Explore this list entry

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1187629
Date first listed:
22-Sept-1971
List Entry Name:
7 AND 9, HIGHER MARKET STREET
Statutory Address:
7 AND 9, HIGHER MARKET STREET

Have you got a photo to share?

Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.

Location

Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places. 

There is a problem

Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.

What is the National Heritage List for England?

The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.

The list includes:

Icon Buildings
Icon Scheduled monuments
Icon Parks and gardens
Icon Battlefields
Icon Shipwrecks

Find out more about listing

Images of England Project

To view this image please use Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Edge.
Archive image, may not represent current condition of site.
Date:
2004-05-20
Reference:
IOE01/12407/32
Rights:
© Mr Malcolm Osman. Source: Historic England Archive

Local Heritage Hub

Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.

Discover more

Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1187629
Date first listed:
22-Sept-1971
Date of most recent amendment:
18-Jul-1994
List Entry Name:
7 AND 9, HIGHER MARKET STREET
Statutory Address 1:
7 AND 9, HIGHER MARKET STREET

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
7 AND 9, HIGHER MARKET STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Penryn
National Grid Reference:
SW 78562 34362

Details

PENRYN

SW7834SE HIGHER MARKET STREET 580-1/6/78 Nos.7 AND 9 22/09/71 (Formerly Listed as: HIGHER MARKET STREET Nos.5-9 (Odd))

GV II

Town house, now 2 houses with shops. Mid/late C19 or refronting or remodelling of that date on a C16 site. Stucco on studwork to front; roof hidden behind moulded parapet; brick end stacks. Double-depth plan front plus 2 deep wings at right-angles to rear. 3 storeys; 3-window range. Mid/late C19 four-pane hornless sashes to 2nd floor over canted oriel bays with moulded cornices and similar sashes to 1st floor. Ground floor has late C19 three-light shop front with panelled consoles to sloping fascia to No.7 (left) and double shop front of similar date on the right; passage doorway left of centre with panelled reveals with round-arched top panels; 3-panel door and margin-paned overlight with coloured glass; left-hand shop window with carved heads to slender mullions, other shop with leaded diamond panes over transom. INTERIOR not inspected but likely to be of interest.

Listing NGR: SW7856234362

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
365759
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.

Ordnance survey map of 7 AND 9, HIGHER MARKET STREET

Map

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 20-Jun-2026 at 17:17:54.

Download a full scale map (PDF)
© Crown copyright [and database rights] 2026. OS AC0000815036. Use of this mapping is subject to Terms and Conditions.

End of official list entry

All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.

Previous Overview
Next Comments and Photos