Description

TRURO

SW8244NE BOSCAWEN STREET
880-1/7/16 (South side)
08/01/71 The City Hall

GV II*

City hall. 1846. By Christopher Eales. Granite ashlar fronts;
dry Delabole slate hipped roofs; tall granite ashlar stacks
with modillioned cornices. Large rectangular plan with
formerly open arcade with large stair hall fronting a large
market hall. Classical style. 2 storeys; north Boscawen Street
front is symmetrical 5 bays. Rusticated ashlar to ground floor
with vermiculations to jambs and round arches over moulded
impost string; mid-floor cornice string as part of Doric
entablature with triglyphs and mutules. Plain ashlar to 1st
floor; heavy crowning cornice with thick modillions. Windows
have alternate triangular and round pediments; sill cornices
on consoles, pilasters. Tall pedimented clock tower. Back Quay
elevation is 2 storeys; 7 windows with round arches. Central
bays breaking forward. INTERIOR: fine interiors include Market
Hall on ground floor with vaulted plaster ceiling and granite
vestibule leading on right to cantilevered granite stairs with
cast-iron balustrade. 1st floor has landing and courtroom with
panelled benches and large council chamber and committee room
all with moulded and carved plaster ceilings, chimney-pieces,
doorcases, cast-ironwork and other original features and
fittings.

Listing NGR: SW8268544781

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Hall for Cornwall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q238655

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)