Former Drill Hall

A Grade II Listed Building in Falmouth, Cornwall

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.154 / 50°9'14"N

Longitude: -5.0743 / 5°4'27"W

OS Eastings: 180486

OS Northings: 32740

OS Grid: SW804327

Mapcode National: GBR ZD.TG7V

Mapcode Global: FRA 088M.0Z3

Plus Code: 9C2P5W3G+H7

Entry Name: Former Drill Hall

Listing Date: 24 April 1996

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1270092

English Heritage Legacy ID: 460087

Also known as: Drill Hall

ID on this website: 101270092

Location: Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11

County: Cornwall

Civil Parish: Falmouth

Built-Up Area: Falmouth

Traditional County: Cornwall

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall

Church of England Parish: Falmouth King Charles the Martyr

Church of England Diocese: Truro

Tagged with: Cinema Drill hall

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

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