Lydford Parish Hall

Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 10 Jul 2020

The village hall has quite a long and interesting past. The row of cottages were originally built in the fifteenth century. In 1604 the buildings were handed over to the church, who used it as a home for wardens and for brewing church ales. The rooms were used as a Sunday School in the nineteenth century but were shut and in a poor state in the early 1900s. Ownership transferred from the church to the lord of the manor, who later returned it back in trust. It became the village hall from then on. In 1952 the thatched roof was replaced with tiles, but it still remained apparent that more money and work would be required. Some £140,000 was raised (partly through grants) and the interior renovated extensively in 2006.

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