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The Parade, LISKEARD, PL14 6AJ

Grade II* Listed Masonic hall with 1872 datestone by John Paul. Freemasonry first came to Liskeard in 1845 with the formation of St Martin’s Lodge, the Lodge met at several different venues before the current building was erected in 1872.

In a street with countless Listed Buildings, this is a remarkable Grade II listed Venetian Gothic facade by John Paul 1872. Originally a Masonic Lodge, now an opticians.

Public House in Liskeard.

Lloyds Bank on Barras Street, Liskeard.

Grade II listed former Webb's Hotel by J.Foulston of Plymouth in 1833, now the offices of The Cornish Times.

Grade II Listed hotel of 1833 with 'R.W.' on rainwater head on extension to rear. By J Foulston of Plymouth. It was abandoned and derelict in 1989, but a property developer purchased it in 2001 with plans to return it to its original state. Fire crews were called in October 2003 to the empty hotel to a fire thought to have been started deliberately. It was reopened in 2005 as a mixed use facility incorporating office and residential elements and is now the offices of the Cornish Times. A search of my directories found; 1844-1852 Robert Webb (& posting house); 1856 J B Brown (& posting house); 1873-1897 J W Chegwidden, manager Webb's Hotel Co. Ltd.; 1902 Miss Williams, manageress Webb's Hotel Co. Ltd.; 1906-1914 Miss Lockyer, manageress Webb's Hotel Co. Ltd.

Grade II Listed 1871 fountain by Henry Rice and Grade II Listed horse trough dated 1893 and inscribed 'PRESENTED TO THE BOROUGH BY A LOVER OF ANIMALS'. The fountain was given to the town by Michael Loam, whose father invented the Man Engine (a device for lifting men up and down mineshafts, and used in many mines throughout Cornwall & West Devon). A blue plaque reads 'FOUNTAIN erected in 1871 by Borough Mayor MATTHEW LOAM in memory of his father Michael Loam'.

Grade II listed fountain by Henry Rice 1871 and horse trough of 1893 on The Parade

Built in 1912 by local architect John Sansom who designed a number of other shops and houses in Liskeard including a number of the terraces along Station Road and the new tower to St Martin’s church in 1901. The Cornish Times reports the building was sold by the Liberal Democrats in 2017 due to the investment required to correctly maintain the building only to be offered to the market a few months later. The Times also say the facade of the building is listed but I'm unable to find it in the listing.