Description

FALMOUTH

SW8032NW BERKELEY VALE
843-1/6/38 (South side)
Former Drill Hall

GV II

Drill hall, now an indoor market. 1874. Built to hold 1,000
persons. Killas rubble with granite dressings; dry Delabole
slate roof gable end on to the street, plus 3 linked hipped
roofs over wings on the right; front gable coped. Deep hall
plan plus porch and changing rooms on the right. Gothic style
with some classical style features.
Symmetrical 3-bay front: 2-centred arch to large traceried
rose window over pair of ordered round-arched doorways with
carved capitals and imposts to clustered shafts; name panel
above; flanking bays have 2-light transomed round-arched
windows under hood-moulds all framed within pilasters with
carved and moulded imposts to segmental arches; the mullions
are slender shafts with carved capitals; behind these are
hornless sash windows with glazing bars and fanlight heads.
Rear has central rose window with latticed glazing.
INTERIOR: wide-span tie-rod roof trusses; gallery at front
end.
(Kelly: Kelly's Directory for Cornwall: London: 1910-: 105).

Listing NGR: SW8048632740

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Phoenix Cinema official website
• Wikidata Q26560162

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)