Historic houses · South West England
Egyptian House
Egyptian House — Grade I listed house in Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Penzance · 0.6 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Egyptian House is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Heritage designation: Grade I listed building. Owned by Landmark Trust. Wikidata describes it as: "Grade I listed house in Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK". Coordinates: 50.1179°, -5.5364°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Aire Point to Carrick Du SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: West Penwith Moors and Downs SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cornwall
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Egyptian House is a grade I listed building in the Cornish town of Penzance. It is built in the style of Egyptian Revival architecture and has been in the ownership of the Landmark Trust since the 1970s. The current building dates from 1835 to 1836.
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Background
History
The building is at 6–7 Chapel Street, Penzance. An older building on the site was owned by Richard Hitchens of Madron and later, John Fleming, (described as Perukemaker). The site or building was put up for auction on 3 April 1835 by James Tregarthen, a master mariner of St Mary's, Isles of Scilly and was purchased by John Lavin, a mineralogist of Penzance. There is some dispute over the architect and the date of build. George Clement Boase (1890) writes that the Egyptian Hall was built by John Lavin, and a deed of 1850 states that he occupied 6–7 Chapel Street and ″... some time since erected and built by him.″ In Reminiscences of Penzance (1883) the house was built in about 1839, ″....…
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- Coordinates
- 50.1179, -5.5364
- District
- Cornwall
- Parish
- Penzance
- Postcode
- TR18 4AJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- St Ives
- Established
- 1835
- Nearest railway station
- Penzance — 0.6 km
- Official site
- www.landmarktrust.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q17582872 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Egyptian House, Penzance (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Egyptian house, Chapel Street, Penzance, close up.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Egyptian House?
- Egyptian House is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode TR18 4AJ), in the parish of Penzance.
- When was Egyptian House built?
- Built or established in 1835.
- Who owns Egyptian House?
- Egyptian House is owned by Landmark Trust.
- Is Egyptian House a listed building?
- Egyptian House is officially recognised as Grade I listed building listed.
- Is Egyptian House a protected site?
- Yes — Egyptian House is part of the Aire Point to Carrick Du SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the West Penwith Moors and Downs SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Egyptian House?
- The nearest railway station is Penzance, about 0.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode TR18 4AJ.