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| HER Number: | MCO61804 |
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| Name: | REDRUTH - C19 shop |
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Summary
Extant C19 shop built in 1870 as Trounson's Store, now two shops
Protected Status
- Listed Building (II) 66829: Former Trounsons' store and warehouse
Other Statuses/Codes: none recorded
Monument Type(s):
Full description
Extant C19 shop built in 1870 as Samuel & Tom Trounson's high-class grocery store, now two shops. Built for £2000, its ornate stone and brickwork is topped with carved pinnacles. They were also corn merchants, importing and storing the corn at Truro. At the back, the old hoist that lifted products into the store is still in place (1). It also extensively uses cast iron decoratively for use as columns. Designed by James Hicks (2).
<1> Redruth Town Council, Redruth Town Trails Leaflet (Booklet). SCO28681.
<2> Cahill, NJ & CAU, 2002, Redruth and Plain-An-Gwarry, (Camborne/Redruth Area), CISI, 304 (Cornwall Event Report). SCO3030.
Sources / Further Reading
| [1] | SCO28681 - Booklet: Redruth Town Council. Redruth Town Trails Leaflet. |
| [2] | SCO3030 - Cornwall Event Report: Cahill, NJ & CAU. 2002. Redruth and Plain-An-Gwarry, (Camborne/Redruth Area), CISI. 304. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Related records: none recorded
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