Description

BODMIN

SX0766 MOUNT FOLLY SQUARE
629-1/3/91 (West side)
Bodmin Town Museum

GV II

Public rooms. 1891. By Ralling and Tonar of Exeter.
MATERIALS: squared polychrome local stone, brought to course,
some rock-faced with freestone and granite dressings including
mullioned windows, surrounds, string and copings. Steep dry
slate roofs with coped gable ends and parapets; gable and
lateral stone stacks.
PLAN: irregular rectangular plan. Free Gothic style.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 1:5:1-bay east front. Transomed mullioned
windows. Left-hand and central bays have principal floor over
6-bays of round arches containing 3 round-arched lights.
Gable-ended cross wing on left has canted 1st-floor oriel with
moulded base; 5 central bays have 3-light double transomed
windows with segmental heads and round-arched lights. Gable
end on right has 2 slit gable ventilators over rose window
over string with central figure, over central pointed-arched
opening with traceried tympanum on central shaft and canted
balustrade on moulded base over pair of round-arched blind
niches flanked by 4-centred arched doorways with nook shafts
and blind tympana over panelled doors. Gables have octagonal
corbelled corner finials. Symmetrical 4-window S front has
2-light mullioned windows with round-arched lights and central
round-arched doorway with nook shafts and pinnacled
buttresses.
INTERIOR: retains most of its original features where
inspected. A striking design, strongly reminiscent of Northern
Renaissance town halls.

Listing NGR: SX0714066951

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Bodmin Town Museum official website
• Wikidata Q26489870

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2