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Former railway buildings, Grampound Road: historic building record |
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Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service unpublished report series
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cornwall2-154434_1.pdf (8 MB)
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Abstract: |
Planning consent has been granted to redevelop and convert a group of former railway buildings at Grampound Road to residential use. These proposals prompted an historic building record to be carried out in advance of the works. The buildings comprise an older two-storey structure (built before c1880) and an adjoining infill building which was added sometime between c1880 and c1907. The earlier building was designed as an industrial store, probably for grain or agricultural feedstuffs, as a trapdoor on the first floor associated with a sack hoist is an original feature. By 1907 a small engine house was built to the rear and a belt drive to line shafting installed, with the belt drive entering the first floor by a slot cut through the rear wall. Irregularities and patches in the floor boarding are the likely traces of machines driven via the line shafting. The wooden upper floor may have been strengthened (with additional beams and piers beneath) to provide extra support for machinery. This arrangement was discontinued in the later 20th century and the belt drive slot was blocked off. The goods yard complex at Grampound Road was quite extensive and a siding from the main railway line was adjoined by a series of structures and a yard. Most of these buildings have since been demolished in recent years to reuse the space for a housing development. The second subject building was created as an infill structure between two buildings recorded on the c1880 map. This was also two-storey, although in more recent times most of the wooden upper floor has been removed. The two doorways that connect the upper and lower storeys of the structures have clearly been added to the original building. In recent years both buildings have been reused as part of light engineering/fabrication workshops and stores. |
Author: |
N Thomas
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Publisher: |
Cornwall Archaeological Unit
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2013
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Locations: |
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Grampound Road |
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LADOCK |
District: |
Cornwall |
County: |
Cornwall |
Country: |
England |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Grampound Road |
Grid Reference: 191618, 50573 (Easting, Northing)
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cornwall2-154434 |
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2013R044 |
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A4 bound
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Created Date: |
25 Nov 2016 |