Wear House

Wear House is a building located on Prince's Street in Truro, originally constructed around 1889 for a Mr. Polkinhorn. The design was created by Silvanus Trevail, with masonry by James Clemens and carpentry by William J. Tippet. This structure was originally two shops with offices above but has since been converted into one shop.

The building features a combination of brick, granite, and freestone bands and dressings, along with stucco details. It has dry Delabole slate roofs with gables facing the street and cast-iron ogee gutters. The building is designed in the Jacobethan style and has a rectangular plan with three storeys and three bays.

The street front includes a pair of shopfronts on the left and center, with an elliptical-arched carriage opening on the right. This opening is framed by rock-faced granite pilasters, and the entablature projects forward from a full-width moulded entablature that features a two-tier fascia. The shopfronts have round-headed lights, and the large double doors of the carriageway are adorned with raised and fielded panels.

The windows are stone-mullioned and transomed, with the first floor displaying two sets of two bays and one tripartite Ipswich window, each with a stepped entablature. The second floor has two wide bays topped with shaped gables, featuring triangular pediments and finials on the left, while the right has a plain parapet. Finials are placed between the bays, and the four-light windows beneath the gables have central fanlights topped with scrolled pediments. The two-light window above the carriageway also has triangular pediments.

The interior of the shop has been altered in the 20th century and was not inspected. The building is included for its group value and is shown as No. 10 Prince's Street on the Ordnance Survey map.