Foresters Hall, 1 Pike Street, Liskeard
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Foresters Hall, 1 Pike Street, Liskeard
Image: © Jo and Steve Turner Taken: 26 Jun 2019
Grade II Listed Hall. Visit Liskeard contradicts the listing date of the hall and tells us 'Called Forester’s Hall, it was designed by one of Liskeard’s foremost architects, Henry Rice. The building was built in 1835....' At the time it housed the East Cornwall Savings Bank and The Liskeard Literary and Scientific Institution. Rice then went on to do the redesign in 1861. The 1856 'History of the Borough of Liskeard and its vicinity' informs us also that the bank was established in 1818 and in 1835 built the offices 'in Pike Street or Tavern Hill at a cost of £320.' This information being repeated in Kelly's 1893 Directory. Over the years it has been home to many businesses including the Devon and Cornwall Film Company and a wigmakers. The building fell into dereliction in the 1990s but was renovated by the Town Council and the Museum opened in 2002'.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.454844
Longitude
-4.464355