Venue Type & Location
Guildhall
Site Name: Guildhall
Location: Bodmin
County: Cornwall
Location Type: Town - in town at determined location
Overview
Located on the S side of Fore Street but later replaced by another guildhall incorporating some of the medieval fabric. The 'massive carved granite fireplace uncovered some years ago' in one of the rooms is presumed to have come from the original guildhall (Willmott, Bodmin 34).
The Victorian rebuilding on or close to the original site is now known as the 'Old Guildhall.'
Performance History
Although few borough performance records survive, the guildhall is known to have been used by performers before 1642.
Current Status
Replaced by a later building, now a bakery.
History of the Venue
15th c. Borough records indicate the existence of a guildhall sometimes referred to as the 'Hall House' and probably also as the 'House of Petroc.'
18xx Original guildhall rebuilt.
Record Source
REED Dorset/Cornwall 470
Patrons who owned this venue
[No data found.]
Bibliographic Sources
- Lysons, Daniel and Samuel. Magna Britannia; being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain. 6 vols. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806--22
- Munn, Pat. Introducing Bodmin: The Cornish Capital. Bodmin: Bodmin Books, 1973
- Pevsner, Nikolaus. Cornwall. Harmondsworth, Midd: Penguin Books, 1970
- Willmott, James. The Book of Bodmin. Chesham, Bucks: Barracuda Books, 1977