Market Building is a Grade I listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1950. Market hall. 9 related planning applications.
Market Building
- WRENN ID
- stony-mantel-bramble
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1950
- Type
- Market hall
- Address
- Market Building, Market Place, Penzance
- OS grid reference
- SW 472 302
- Coordinates
- 50.11877, -5.5368
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Market Building in Penzance, constructed in 1837 by architect Harris of Bristol, is a large two-storey structure made of granite ashlar. It features a lead-covered dome topped with an octagonal lantern. The drum of the dome is adorned with alternating twin Tuscan columns and semi-circular headed windows, along with an entablature that has a heavy cornice. The north and south elevations each have nine windows, with the ground floor featuring semi-circular heads and flat pilasters. Beneath the dome, there is a three-bay pediment. The east end showcases a tall Ionic tetrastyle facade, while the west end has a central pedimented entrance, with curved corner bays that are set back and flanked by giant engaged columns. This end also includes an entablature and a raised central pediment that features a clock.
Local climate
Market Building sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Related listed building consents — 9 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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