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Market Building
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Grade I listed building · Historic England

Market Building

Listed Grade I since 195076 years · Grade I is the top 2.5% of England’s listed buildings
PPublicCAPenzance conservation area1950Listed
DirectionsOfficial list entry ↗
About

About Market Building

Market Building is one of 2 Grade I listed buildings in Penzance and about 9,341 in England. It was among the first 39 buildings in Penzance to be listed, on 29 July 1950. It stands in the Penzance conservation area, designated in 1969. Within 400 metres are 1 more Grade I building and 151 other listed buildings.

HERead the official list entryHistoric England’s description of the building, its history and why it is listed · List entry 1221062↗

Grade I is for buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings in England. Listing protects the whole building, inside and out: changes need listed building consent from the council.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 listed buildings in about 15 minutes

Penzance · about 0.4 miles on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Market BuildingStart here
  2. 2The Union HotelGrade II* · 0.1 mi on
  3. 3Methodist Church including railingsGrade II* · 0.1 mi on
  4. 4St Mary's ChurchGrade II* · 0.1 mi on
  5. 5South PierGrade II* · 0.2 mi on
Farther afield
The VicarageGrade II*0.2miWest Penwith Rdc Offices Including RailingsGrade II*0.2miTreneere ManorGrade II*0.7miNancealverne HouseGrade II*0.8miRosecadgehill HouseGrade II*0.8mi
Around it

46 more listed buildings within 150 metres

Grade I and II* ones open their own page; Grade II ones open the official list entry.

II2 K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside Lloyds Bank25 mII3, Market Place28 mII38 and 39, Market Place31 mIIDavy Monument32 mIIBoots Chemist41 mII40 and 41, Market Place42 mII10 and 11, Market Place47 mII1 and 2, Market Jew Street50 mIIThe Star Inn, including No.1 New Street and the former synagogue57 mII12, Market Place60 mII27B, Market Place62 mIIHepworths63 mII13 and 14, Market Place64 mII5, Market Jew Street67 mIICresta Silks Limited72 mIIWhite Lion Hotel73 mIILondon Inn74 mII7, Green Market81 m
Show the other 28
II6, Green Market87 mIIMasonic Hall89 mIIPremises Adjoining North East of the Masonic Hall91 mII4 and 5, Prince's Street91 mII5, Green Market91 mIIGlobe Inn92 mII1, Parade Street96 mII5, Causeway Head98 mIISeven Stars Public House105 mII*The Union Hotel106 mII4, Green Market107 mII3, Green Market107 mII5, Chapel Street107 mIEgyptian House115 mII1, North Parade117 mII2, North Parade119 mII8, Chapel Street119 mII1 and 2, Alverton Road120 mII3 and 4, North Parade125 mII13 and 14, Market Jew Street126 mII9, Chapel Street127 mIIThe Old Penzance Theatre128 mII10, Chapel Street130 mII8, Parade Street133 mII*Camelot Restaurant137 mII56 and 57, Chapel Street137 mII11, Chapel Street144 mII9 and 10, Parade Street148 m

Questions about Market Building

Is Market Building listed?

Yes. Market Building is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England (list entry 1221062), first listed on 29 July 1950.

Can you visit Market Building?

It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.

Is Market Building in a conservation area?

Yes, the Penzance conservation area, designated in 1969.

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Sources: Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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