Guildhall

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

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. Radcliffe, Enid, rev. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth, Midd: Penguin Books, 1970.
  • Willmott, James. The Book of Bodmin. Chesham, Bucks: Barracuda Books, 1977.