Stoke House

Stoke House is a mid-18th century mansion house, built on a 17th century site, located on Lower Market Street, Penryn. It is constructed of granite ashlar with a flat roof concealed behind a balustrade topped with a modillion cornice. The building has a double-depth plan and is of a mid-Georgian style. It is three storeys high, with a basement, and features a symmetrical five-bay, five-window frontage. The windows are 20th century replacements with glazing bars, with smaller square windows on the second floor above the taller ground floor windows. A central doorway, approached by a flight of granite steps, leads to the front, and the basement is largely obscured by a pair of 20th century shop fronts flanking a central passage. The rear elevation mirrors the front with similar detailing. The interior was converted into flats around 1980, at which time most original features, including a large open-well staircase, were removed. In 1751, the building was known as Pearce’s Great House. Numbers 54 and 56 were separately listed in 1971.