Description

LISKEARD

SX2564 THE PARADE
979-1/5/170 (West side)
22/07/81 Masonic Hall

GV II

Masonic hall. 1872 datestone. By John Paul. Polychrome front
with faced rubble and freestone, granite and terracotta
details; dry Delabole slate roof with stone stack with brick
quoins and moulded cornice on right. Deep plan. Venetian
Gothic style. 2 storeys; 4-window range. Stilted round-headed
1st-floor windows with coloured glass; nook shafts; slender
hoodmoulds and keyblocks; 2 medallion heads to outer
spandrels, datestone to central spandrel; eaves entablature
with lozenges and consoles. Ground floor has segmental-arched
openings; doorway with nook shafts and open pediment with
Masonic symbols, 6-panel door with 3 arched top panels and
pair of windows towards right with 4-pane horned sashes and
tall keyblocks through slender hoodmoulds; mid-floor arcaded
and moulded frieze. INTERIOR of ground floor altered C20. A
fine and richly-detailed example, clearly influenced by
Ruskin.
(Kelly: Kelly's Directory for Cornwall: 1923-: 197).

Listing NGR: SX2508964580

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26637871

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)