The Buttermarket, Market Strand, Redruth, Cornwall: Historic Building Investigation

Author(s): Johanna Roethe

This report on the historic market buildings now known as the Buttermarket was prepared to inform the High Street Heritage Action Zone (HSHAZ) initiative at Redruth. The Buttermarket includes a two-storey market house of 1825-6 and further buildings with ground-floor colonnades around a courtyard which date from the mid and late 19th century. The market is an example of the ‘agora’ or loggia type market, a precursor of the Victorian market hall. Another part of the Redruth market was a meat market hall of the late 1870s, which burnt down in 1982 and was replaced in 2000-1 with a new two-storey shopping arcade within the historic perimeter walls.

Report Number:
53/2021
Series:
Research Report
Pages:
66
Keywords:
Post Medieval Standing Building Standing Structure Architectural Investigation

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