The Donald Thomas Centre, With Forecourt Railings
THE DONALD THOMAS CENTRE, WITH FORECOURT RAILINGS, CHAPEL STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1142652
- Date first listed:
- 01-Dec-1951
- List Entry Name:
- The Donald Thomas Centre, With Forecourt Railings
- Statutory Address:
- THE DONALD THOMAS CENTRE, WITH FORECOURT RAILINGS, CHAPEL STREET
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1142652
- Date first listed:
- 01-Dec-1951
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 12-Sept-1989
- List Entry Name:
- The Donald Thomas Centre, With Forecourt Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE DONALD THOMAS CENTRE, WITH FORECOURT RAILINGS, CHAPEL STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE DONALD THOMAS CENTRE, WITH FORECOURT RAILINGS, CHAPEL STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Camborne
- National Grid Reference:
- SW 64693 40052
Details
CAMBORNE CHAPEL STREET SW 64 SW (west side) 10/28 The Donald Thomas Centre, with 1.12.51 forecourt railings (formerly listed as The Literary Institute)
GV II*
Literary Institute, now social centre. 1842, enlarged 1852; altered. Granite ashlar, slate roof. T-plan formed by hall at right-angles to the street flanked by small wings; plus later extensions to the rear. Greek Revival style. All single storey, but the hall much taller, presenting a giant Doric portico, distyle in antis, with triglyph frieze and mutule pediment, protecting a central doorway with simple pedimented surround and 2 round- headed windows with moulded architraves and keystones, and glazing with coloured margin panes. The wings, at right-angles to the hall, each have clasping corner pilasters, a sashed window with sill-band and shouldered architrave (4- and 12-paned respectively), and entablature with simplified triglyphs and guttae; their gable walls are pedimented, with a triglyph frieze. Forecourt enclosed by simple spear railings with wrought-iron gates. To the rear of the right-hand (north) wing is a former lecture hall, added in 1852, which is stuccoed, with vermiculated quoins and surrounds to openings, a tripartite window to the 1st portion, and a round-headed doorway with a shallow porch, flanked by tall round-headed windows on a high level. Interior altered. History: Camborne Literary Institute founded in 1829, this building erected on site given by Richard Vivyan and formerly occupied by 1st Methodist chapel in Camborne.
Listing NGR: SW6469340052
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 66573
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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