Former Assembly Rooms is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1950. Theatre, assembly rooms. 1 related planning application.
Former Assembly Rooms
- WRENN ID
- errant-trefoil-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 December 1950
- Type
- Theatre, assembly rooms
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TRURO
SW8244NE HIGH CROSS 880-1/7/75 (North side) 29/12/50 No.13 Former Assembly Rooms (Formerly Listed as: HIGH CROSS Cathedral Chambers)
GV II
Formerly known as: Cathedral Garage HIGH CROSS. Assembly rooms and theatre. Built 1772 or 1780s. Freestone ashlar. Natural slate roof and C20 dormers behind pediment. Plan changed during 1970s remodelling of core. Neo-classical style. 2 storeys plus C20 attic; symmetrical 3-window front. Central round-arched doorway with ordered tympanum flanked by 2 smaller round-arched doorways with entablature, both broken forward; fanlights, C20 glazed doors. Above is mid-floor string as sill to 3 tall hornless sashes with slender glazing bars, under flat arches. Central plaque has a pair of Griffins with urn flanked by medallions of Garrick and Shakespeare. Triangular pediment above with a plaque of Minerva. INTERIOR: replaced during C20 reconstruction. Pevsner cites the date of building as 1772 but recent research has placed the building in the 1780s. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Cornwall: London: 1951-1970: 232).
Listing NGR: SW8259744954
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