Egyptian House Penzance, England

Listed Building Data

Egyptian House has been designated a Grade I listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1143147
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
I
Date Listed
29 July 1950
Name
EGYPTIAN HOUSE
Location
EGYPTIAN HOUSE, 6 AND 7, CHAPEL STREET
Parish
Penzance
District
Cornwall
Grid Reference
SW 47307 30181
Easting
147307.0000
Northing
30181.0000

Listed Building Description

Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.

  1. 1498 PENZANCE CHAPEL STREET (South West Side)

Nos 6 and 7 (Egyptian House) SW 4730 5/20 29.7.50.

I GV

  1. Early C19 stucco Egyptian extravagance. 3 storeys. 3 windows Battered half round corded pilasters, windows and glazing bars. Lotus bud columns flanking entrance. Coved cornices above windows. 2 obelisk caryatids. A coat of arms crowned by an eagle. Heavy coved crowning cornice.

Nos 5 to 11 (consec) form a group.

Listing NGR: SW4730730181