Liskeard Library

LISKEARD LIBRARY BARRAS STREET LISKEARD CORNWALL HISTORIC BUILDING RECORDING South West Archaeology Ltd. report no. 190122 www.swarch.net Tel. 01769 573555 Tel. 01872 223164 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL Liskeard Library, Barras Street, Liskeard, Cornwall Historic Building Recording By E. Wapshott & N. Boyd Report Version: Final Draft issued: 25th January 2019 Finalised: 4th February 2019 Work undertaken by SWARCH on behalf of the Real Idea Organisation SUMMARY South West Archaeology Ltd. was commissioned to undertake historic building recording at Liskeard Library, Barras Street, Liskeard, Cornwall. This work was undertaken in order to determine the significance of the buildings prior to the refurbishment of the library. The Library stands in a prominent position in the town on Barras Street, flanked by the post office, a bank and the Grade II* Stuart House community centre. The character of the immediate setting is a mix of historic and modern urban, with a prominent retail focus. The Dutch Gothic or 'Flemish Renaissance' structure dominates the streetscape and despite several quite significant phases of alteration and modernization, the facade survives intact. The building appears to occupy at least three former town plots, the yard area backing onto the wider, open post van car park to the east, where any semblance of the former town plan has been swept aside, whereas to the west, across the street, back blocks, burgage walls and the earlier medieval town plan is clearly distinguishable. The status of the site, the central, wide portion of the High Street is somewhat obscured by modern signage and the constant traffic noise and visual intrusion of queuing traffic at the adjacent traffic lights. Once inside the building it is an oasis of calm and still used by the community as a library and information centre. The building recording noted that multiple phases of alteration and changes of use have masked some of the original features of the building. While some will undoubtedly have been damaged or removed, at its core however th it remains a well-considered and built late 19 century public building. South West Archaeology Ltd. shall retain the copyright of any commissioned reports, tender documents or other project documents, under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 with all rights reserved, excepting that it hereby provides an exclusive licence to the client for the use of such documents by the client in all matters directly relating to the project. The views and recommendations expressed in this report are those of South West Archaeology Ltd. and are presented in good faith on the basis of professional judgement and on information available at the time of production. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 2 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL CONTENTS SUMMARY CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF APPENDICES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PROJECT CREDITS 2 3 3 3 4 4 1.0 INTRODUCTION 5 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 PROJECT BACKGROUND TOPOGRAPHICAL AND GEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND HISTORICAL & ARCHAEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND METHODOLOGY 5 5 5 5 2.0 HISTORIC BUILDING APPRAISAL 7 2.1 2.2 SITE DESCRIPTION BUILDING DESCRIPTIONS 7 7 2.2.1 2.2.2 2.2.3 2.3 Exterior Interior Significant Features PHASING 2.3.1 2.3.2 2.3.3 2.3.4 7 8 10 11 Phase 1 - 1896 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 11 11 12 12 3.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 15 3.1 CONCLUSIONS 15 4.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY 16 LIST OF FIGURES Cover plate: The library in its setting; from the south-west. FIGURE 1: LOCATION MAP. FIGURE 2: VIEW FROM THE INTERIOR ENTRANCE LOBBY, LEADING INTO THE STAIR HALL AND ROOM BEYOND. FIGURE 3: THE LIBRARIAN'S HOUSE RANGE; FROM THE WEST. FIGURE 4: PROVISIONAL PHASE DIAGRAM (GROUND FLOOR). FIGURE 5: PROVISIONAL PHASE DIAGRAM (FIRST FLOOR). 6 8 9 13 14 LIST OF APPENDICES APPENDIX 1: PROPOSED PLANS APPENDIX 2: BUILDING RECORDING TABLE APPENDIX 3: DOOR AND WINDOW PLANS APPENDIX 4: PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 17 18 28 30 3 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS REAL IDEA ORGANISATION THE LIBRARY STAFF FOR UNRESTRICTED ACCESS PROJECT CREDITS PROJECT DIRECTOR: DR. SAMUEL WALLS PROJECT MANAGER: DR. SAMUEL WALLS HISTORIC BUILDING APPRAISAL: EMILY WAPSHOTT REPORT: NATALIE BOYD; EMILY WAPSHOTT EDITING: NATALIE BOYD; DR. SAMUEL WALLS SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 4 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 1.0 INTRODUCTION Location: Parish: County: NGR: SWARCH Ref: 1.1 Liskeard Library Liskeard Cornwall SX 25112 64517 LLB18 PROJECT BACKGROUND South West Archaeology Ltd. (SWARCH) was commissioned by the Real Idea Organisation (the Client) to conduct a historic building assessment for Liskeard Library, Barras Street, Liskeard, Cornwall. This work was undertaken ahead of the refurbishment of the library. 1.2 TOPOGRAPHICAL AND GEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND The site is located on Barras Street, the major route through Liskeard prior to the construction of the bypass. The site lies on a slightly sloped street at an altitude of approximately 130m AOD. The soils of the site are undetermined, recorded as Urban (SSEW 1983), overlying the sedimentary slate and siltstone of the Saltash Formation (BGS 2019). 1.3 HISTORICAL & ARCHAEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND Liskeard was first recorded in the early 11th century as Lys Cerruyt, or ‘Court of Kerwyd’. It was recorded as a manor in Domesday and received its first charter in 1240. The library was built in 1896 by Symonds and Sons builders of Blackwater. The money for the building was gifted by philanthropist John Passmore Edwards. The building was then dedicated to Charles Buller MP for Liskeard. The library was a gift to the town of Liskeard, although there is some debate over whether the architect was James Hicks, Silvanus Trevail or John Symons and Son. The library spent a period of time as a bank in the early 20th century, but was restored as a library and was subjected to a programme of alterations in the late 1960s. The Historic Landscape Characterisation (HLC) for this area is Settlement older core (pre-1907): Settled areas from larger farming settlements upwards. The site lies in the centre of the Liskeard Conservation Area. Little archaeological work appears to have been conducted in the vicinity according to the Cornwall HER. 1.4 METHODOLOGY The building appraisal was conducted by Emily Wapshott in January 2019. The work was undertaken in line with best practice and follows the guidance outlined in: CIfA’s Standard and Guidance for the Archaeological Investigation and Recording of Standing Buildings or Structures (2014) and Historic England’s Understanding Historic Buildings: A Guide to Good Recording Processes (2016). SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 5 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL FIGURE 1: LOCATION MAP. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 6 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 2.0 HISTORIC BUILDING APPRAISAL 2.1 SITE DESCRIPTION The Library stands in a prominent position in Liskeard on Barras Street, flanked by the post office, a bank and the Grade II* Stuart House community centre. The character of the immediate setting is a mix of historic and modern urban, with a prominent retail focus. The Dutch Gothic or 'Flemish Renaissance' structure dominates the streetscape and despite several quite significant phases of alteration and modernization, the facade survives intact. The building appears to occupy at least three former town plots, the yard area backing onto the wider, open post van car park to the east, where any semblance of town plan has been swept aside, whereas to the west, across the street, back blocks, burgage walls and the earlier town plan clearly distinguishable. The status of the site, the central, wide portion of the High Street is somewhat obscured by modern signage and the constant traffic noise and visual intrusion of queuing traffic at the adjacent traffic lights. Once inside the building, it is an oasis of calm and still very actively used by the community as a library and information centre. 2.2 BUILDING DESCRIPTIONS 2.2.1 EXTERIOR The listing text contains a detailed description of the exterior, expanded by SWARCH in blue. A free library built in 1896 by Symons and Sons of Blackwater for John Passmore Edwards. The building was dedicated to Charles Buller who represented Liskeard in parliament between 1832 and 1848. The building is constructed of the local slatestone, shale rubble, but with a grey ashlar frontage of Polyphant stone, with yellow Bath stone dressings. Flemish Renaissance style, 2 storeyed building with a symmetrical 7-bay front and Delabole slate roof with moulded eaves. Three coped gables with ball finials to the front with alternate plain and crested clay ridge tiles, metal roof ventilators and brick gable end stacks. A complex, asymmetrical, T-shaped plan with long, rear wing containing stair hall and staff accommodation, flanked by a walled yard to the north. Low lying, single storey extensions run at right angles, infilling part of the rear yard. The north, blind gable is now partially enclosed by an infilled alleyway, leading to the rear yard, of neat regularised stone rubble with carved timber barge boards to eaves, rising to a stone stack with dressed quoins, dressed and faced quoins to corners. The south, blind gable abuts the earlier Stuart House, the ashlar wrapping around the south-west corner, the rest of the elevation hung in Delabole slate, to coordinate with its neighbour. The steeply pointed apex has decorative barge boards and a stone stack with dressed quoins. The rear of the building is of neat, regularised rubble with brick quoins and detailing to openings, the long accommodation range is of the same build and has brick stacks and a shallow pitched slate roof. Central, gabled bay broken forward and alternate bays broken forward to 1st floor and surmounted by ventilated gables. Central bay has round-headed doorway with rusticated voussoirs flanked by fluted Ionic pilasters and with acanthus and scrolled apron to inscribed panel framed above by stepped moulded string which runs the full width of the front; over this is a 5light mullioned oriel window with double transoms and flat heads over 2 centres except for central ogee-headed light; moulded embattled false parapet over with 2 ball finials and carved enrichments to a torus moulding. Buller Memorial dated 1886 to gable over. Other bays have similarly-detailed windows with principal windows as oriels with hoodmoulds with carved stops; 3light windows to principal bays flanking single lights; double transoms to oriels, otherwise single transoms, all with plate glass. A prominent item in the streetscape, close to Stuart House (qv). SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 7 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 2.2.2 INTERIOR The building is accessed via a large, round-arched doorway, leading into a weather porch (Room 1A). This is of dark wood framing and wired glass, classic mid-late 20th century design, but updated fairly recently with automatic sliding doors and security systems. The main entrance hall (Room 1B), former lending library (Room 2) and reading room (Room 3) were all opened up in the 1960s remodelling of the building, where all historic partitions were removed to form one space with defined areas, performing different functions. The walls were re-plastered and painted, blocking some openings, with inserted false tiled ceilings for sound proofing, lowering the intended lofty ceilings. The ceilings have been cut around the tall, tripartite, stone framed windows, which look out onto the street; these windows are now the only historic features visible in the front range. The floors are all carpeted with hardwearing nonslip commercial coverings and the spaces are all fitted out with pale wood modern library stacks. The former lending library (Room 2) is now the children’s library, with its colourful painted wall murals. The former reading room (Room 3) is now the main fiction collection. The rear stair hall (Room 4) is likely the least altered space in the building, with the 'Jacobethan' influenced closed-string stair with its heavy moulded newel posts and generous half landings still carrying the visitor in style to the first floor. Beyond this is a small room (Room 5), lit from the north and once seemingly heated, formerly known as the Boys Room, so potentially some inaugural children’s library or teaching space?, gendered to the patriarchal time period. This space was divided by partitions from the stair hall, now opened up to contain the library reception desk, and fitted with further modern library bookcases, with the same sound proofing tiled inserted ceilings and carpeting, creating a cohesive modern decorative scheme. A door in the south-east corner of this room (D4) provided internal access to the otherwise separate librarian's house, a purpose-built dwelling within a long projecting rear range, running away to the east from the main block. FIGURE 2: VIEW FROM THE INTERIOR ENTRANCE LOBBY, LEADING INTO THE STAIR HALL AND ROOM BEYOND; FROM THE WEST, SOUTH-WEST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 8 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL Rising with the stairs, the double height hall (Room 12) is lit via large windows in the north wall, serving a sizeable landing area (Room 13), apportioned into lobbies for fire safety with glazed partitions. This space is dominated by a colourful literary mural on the west wall which infers the community aspects of this building. This landing served three key spaces on the first floor. The size of the landing reflects the importance placed on emulating the flow of public buildings from larger towns and their reception spaces. The three front rooms mirror those on the ground floor and all survive broadly in plan, although most of the partitions have been replaced, but for that to the reference library (Room 16), to the north which has a fine surviving doorcase. To the south, the former lecture room (Room 14) is now the non-fiction collection room, this tall room (as in Room 16) retains its raised ceiling, set shallowly into the eaves and its fine tripartite windows overlook the street. This space is broadly historically accurate, although its fireplace has been blocked and is obscured by the modern fitted library stacks. A lift for disabled access has been cut into the floor in the north-west corner. This room is divided by a low modern partition from the small Cornwall collection room (Room 15), formerly a ladies room, and a separate space for women to read. As with the ground floor, the primary feature surviving is the window, the rest of the room presenting as a modern research space, with bookcases and filing cabinets. FIGURE 3: THE LIBRARIAN'S HOUSE RANGE; FROM THE WEST. The rear wing, which contains the librarian's accommodation, was purpose-built as a typical Victorian house, even the front elevation of the wing, facing into the yard, has the symmetrical three windows and central doorway appearance of a small townhouse. The building had stopped being used as accommodation by the 1968 phase of renovations and has since been used for storage space. The plan is broadly “two up-two down” with a sitting room (Room 18) to the west and kitchen (Room 19) to the east on the ground floor and two bedrooms above (Rooms 21 and 23). In general better historic details survive in the librarian’s cottage, such as beaded skirting SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 9 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL boards throughout. Within the central entrance hall (Room 17), the staircase and banisters survive, with one good doorframe D22, to the sitting room. In the sitting room (Room 18), there is a good sash window, a cast iron fire surround with mantle piece and tiled grate. In the kitchen (Room 19), is a shelved cupboard with blocked hearth with scar for mantle surround. A narrow modern partition now forms a store (Room 20) to the south of the kitchen; a newly forced door links this back to the sitting room under the stairs, with a further, locked cleaner’s cupboard. On the first floor, the two bedrooms (Rooms 21 and 23) have surviving moulded doorframes and good sash windows. They also have very decorative cast iron fire surrounds and grates, of mixed classical influence. A narrow modern partition in Room 23 forms a narrow extra bedroom or closet space to the north. Next to the librarian’s cottage, within the same range and over the 'Boys Room' downstairs, is a first floor space (Rooms 24, 25 and 26), which historically didn't exist - the accommodation being link-detached to the library only on the ground floor. This now presents as part of the range, having been carefully built in slatestone to match. These spaces are divided by modern partitions forming a staff room with kitchenette (Room 26), bathroom (Room 25) and corridor (Room 24). This area is also accessed via a modern fire escape stair, with a modern glazed fire door, D20. Within the rear yard is a small, ceramic brick shed, with a utility room (Room 28), a toilet (Room 29) and store (Room 30). Under the extension (Room 9) is a brick cellar with round arched vaulted roof, with stone rubble walls which contains the modern boiler system and iron pipes from a historic heating system, but may have also originally been a vault or cold store or similar. 2.2.3 SIGNIFICANT FEATURES Significant features in Rooms 2 and 3 are the tripartite stone framed windows (W1, 2, 3 and W4, 5, 6), as well as the other two casement windows (W7 and 8) in Room 3. Both Rooms 2 and 3 potentially have blocked fireplaces behind the current library stacks. Significant features in Room 4 are the stairs and window (W9), and in Room 5, the window (W10) and door to Room 18 (D4). The door between Rooms 8 and 9 (D7) with its moulded doorcase, which copies features in the main range (D13), and the windows in Room 9 (W13 and W14), which belong to the early 1900s bank phase of the building's use, are also of good historic character, as well as the shallow stack with blocked fireplace FP1. The stairs (Room 12) are the finest surviving feature in the building and of that typical mix of styles and design, seen in Victorian architecture. The landing (Room 13), whilst divided by glass partitions, still represents the intentions of the builders to give the impression of scale and size to the building. The doorcase (D13) is the only other historical feature on the first floor, apart from the various windows. In rooms 14 and 16, tripartite stone framed chamfered windows (W17, 18 19 and W21, 22 and 23) mirror those in Rooms 2 and 3. Again Rooms 14 and 16 may have blocked fireplaces but there is no current visual evidence of them. In Room 15, another three light window (W20) sits over the arched entrance doorway. In the rear wall of Room 14 there are two sets of two-light casements (W25 and W24) with fixed, coloured glass panels above and in Room 16, a taller two-light casement (W16) occupies the north end of the east rear wall. On the first floor, on the landing and in all three rooms is evidence of the fine metal grating air vents set around the walls, a heating system installed in 1925. That these survive, despite the later updates, is unusual and they are an interesting and rare feature, as services are usually removed when replaced. In the librarian's house, in the rear range, the stairs, D22, 28 and 31 are historical, with four fireplaces or blocked hearths, FP2, 3 4 and 5. W27, W28, W29 and W30 are all good sash historic sash windows. D32, 33 and 34 to the shed and W31 are all likely also correct and present as services to the librarian's accommodation. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 10 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL What we can see from this overview of where significant features are present is that the main three spaces on each floor in the main range potentially may have as much concealed as they do on show, e.g. a blocked window which may have been opened into a doorway between Rooms 2 and 8 when the lending library became co-opted into the bank and an extension built. There is also considerable water ingress showing in Rooms 2/16 and 4. Cracks in the wall which have been repaired and re-split can be seen in the south gable which flanks Rooms 3/14. It is particularly clear on the ground floor that the inserted 1960s ceilings have been sealing in and possibly exacerbating any damp problems, whilst also obscuring from view any surviving plaster ceiling treatments, although it was clear during previous inspection works that only the scars of any plaster works appear to exist. The librarian's house, whilst in better condition, with more surviving features, is overall more sensitive to further change and the loss of those features which present this a small, purpose-built dwelling. This area of the building is in fair to poor condition, not having been the recent focus of maintenance. The purpose-built nature of the accommodation is important as it speaks to the scale and ambition of the project - not only would a public space be provided, but an on-site, educated professional to facilitate people’s access to learning; this is archetypal of Victorian philanthropies whole-service approach to sites and is key to the significance of this building and its function within the community and therefore its communal value both past and present. 2.3 PHASING The building presents internally as a modern mid-century (20th) local governmental or educational space. This is the culmination of over a century of alteration and repair. Fundamentally, these large stone buildings were expensive to maintain and often held fairly short active lives before they became mixed-use. Whilst the Heritage Statement makes clear there were many phases of works on the building, only those main constructional phases which in some way altered the plan of the space have been selected to be discussed below. 2.3.1 PHASE 1 - 1896 The complex T-shaped plan represented by Rooms 1-5, 12-16 and 17-23 represent this first phase of works. These spaces are the main grand open library rooms as well as the key service spaces and staff accommodation. Much is now concealed, but the grand scale of the rooms mixed with the few surviving features is cohesive in vision with the Dutch Gothic exterior. Whilst the skirting’s are tall and simply rounded to the top, very plain, the one in situ doorcase is quite fine and echoes an almost Georgian quality, with wide flat planes between stepped ogee and bead mouldings, as well as the fine Jacobethan style stair, which unusually mixes the long flights and heavy landings and newel posts of its design with early Georgian-style turned balusters. 2.3.2 PHASE 2 A significant phase of extension and alteration. Part of the ground floor was given over to use as a bank. To facilitate this, in the early 1900s an extension (visible on the 2nd Edition Ordnance Survey map of 1905) was built to the rear of the left hand end of the library, in stone rubble, with brick detailing, intended to match the existing ranges. The quality and fairly close date of this extension to the original build means the value of this extension is exponentially higher than the later phases, being broadly of the same late Victorian/early Edwardian period and style. This 1900s extension infilled the yard/garden of the staff accommodation and was built with a stack to heat the office to the rear, creating a space behind the stair block of the library to form the bank area. The open alleyway which lead to the rear yard was first enclosed during this time, a crenelated facade with stone framed window above a doorway was built across the street SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 11 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL frontage. This corridor then became part of the bank use of the building. It is clear that the bank spaces which were purpose-built are Rooms 8/9. The ground floor former lending library, Room 2 was also used and the corridor, Rooms 10 and 11 linked these to the street giving separate access to the bank from the library access. The windows and one good panelled casement door in Rooms 8 and 9 represent the good quality with which this extension was built, emulating the designs of original features in the main building. It is also clear from the rear wall of the building that this extension originally had a steeply pitched roof. The elements which remained under Library use were Rooms 1A, 1B, 3, 4, 5, on the ground floor and 12-16 on the first floor and presumably the librarian's house. 2.3.3 PHASE 3 1950s phase of works to the librarian's accommodation by a Mr. Wightman in 1958. It is to this date that we can probably ascribe the partitions which divide original spaces Room 17, 19 and Room 23. It is noted that it appears the outside privy remained the only sewerage to the dwelling and the washroom/laundry was also still external. 2.3.4 PHASE 4 After several years of assessment, G.R. Vaughn Ellis undertook an extensive programme of works on the building in the 1960s. The building in many areas had been largely untouched since its opening, with tired and worn fittings. The insertion of more modern heating, the false ceilings for sound proofing and the removal of all timber partitions to open up spaces was all part of an extensive phase of modernisation and remodelling which removed the dominant Victorian character of the library and made it conform to a typical local branch library style, with modern book stacks. In the forward-looking 1960s, the once proud and historically referenced design of the library was described as 'gloomy'. As ever, the works tell us more about society than they do about the renovation project. Spaces were to be opened up, more equal in status, as society had taken a distinct shift after the Second World War. Rooms were transformed into plain, light and bright spaces, fussy historic features removed and plastered over, simplicity was favoured. The bank and library elements were (re)combined, fully incorporated into the ground floor space and the bank extension's roof was removed, a flat roof installed. The opening between Rooms 10 and 9 was forced at this time, providing a newspaper reading room, accessed directly from the street, hence its awkward position with the original stack. A lot of other changes made during this time are currently not traceable in the former bank space; however presumably the desks, counter, and fitments of the bank were all removed. Some work in this time was obviously undertaken in the boiler room, Room 31 below Room 9, as there is modern patching in these walls. The living accommodation was not really altered in this phase, merely left for storage for staff and caretakers. Due to this lack of modernisation, this area is the most sensitive to further change as it is the most historic in character, with whole decorative schemes, such as bead moulding to openings, skirting boards and fireplaces with surrounds and boarded over grates. There are also some doorframes, a blocked kitchen range hearth and one surviving shelved cupboard with moulded surround. We can therefore characterise this as a phase of adaption and modernisation for the main range, with a continuation of use, the loss of some historic fabric, but largely the concealment of other features. The bank extension was heavily altered in order to bring it back in line with the rest of the range and we can no longer see this phase of use in this building. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 12 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL FIGURE 4: PHASE DIAGRAM (GROUND FLOOR). SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 13 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL FIGURE 5: PHASE DIAGRAM (FIRST FLOOR). SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 14 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 3.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 3.1 CONCLUSIONS The Library stands in a prominent position in the town on Barras Street, flanked by the post office, a bank and the Grade II* Stuart House community centre. The character of the immediate setting is a mix of historic and modern urban, with a prominent retail focus. The Dutch Gothic or 'Flemish Renaissance' structure dominates the streetscape and despite several quite significant phases of alteration and modernization, the facade survives intact. The building appears to occupy at least three former town plots, the yard area backing onto the wider, open post van car park to the east, where any semblance of town plan has been swept aside, whereas to the west, across the street, back blocks, burgage walls and the earlier town plan clearly distinguishable. The status of the site, the central, wide portion of the High Street is somewhat obscured by modern signage and the constant traffic noise and visual intrusion of queuing traffic at the adjacent traffic lights. Once inside the building it is an oasis of calm and still very actively used by the community as a library and information centre. The building assessment noted that multiple phases of alteration and changes of use have masked some of the original features of the building. While some will undoubtedly have been damaged or removed, at its core however it remains a well-considered and built late 19th century public building. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 15 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 4.0 Bibliography Published Sources: CIFA 2014 : Standard and Guidance for the archaeological Investigation and recording of standing buildings or structures. English Heritage 2008b: Conservation Principles: policies and guidance for the sustainable management of the historic environment. English Heritage 2011: Valuing Places: Good practice in Conservation Areas. English Heritage 2012: Understanding Place: historic area assessments in a planning and development context. Historic England 2015: The Setting of Heritage Assets. Historic England 2016: Understanding Historic Buildings: A Guide to Good Recording Processes. ICOMOS 2011: Guidance on Heritage Impact Assessments for Cultural World Heritage Properties. International Council on Monuments and Sites. Soil Survey of England and Wales 1983: Legend for the 1:250,000 Soil Map of England and Wales. UNESCO 2015: Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention. Websites: BGS British Geological Survey 2019: Geology of Britain Viewer. http://maps.bgs.ac.uk/geologyviewer_google/googleviewer.html Cornwall Record Office (CRO) 2018: National Archives http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) 2016: Volume 11, Cultural Heritage http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/DMRB/vol11/index.htm WEBTAG 2016: Transport Analysis Guidance, Cultural Heritage https://www.gov.uk/guidance/transport-analysis-guidance-webtag Cornwall Council Interactive Mapping 2019: National Archives https://map.cornwall.gov.uk/website/ccmap SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 16 APPENDIX 1: PROPOSED PLANS APPENDIX 2: BUILDING RECORDING TABLE BUILDING Function/Summary: General Description th 19 century public library, still functioning as local branch library, run by the council. Documentary evidence, map evidence and building details. Dating Evidence: Figure Numbers: Room 1A Function Walls: Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: 2 Opening – Windows: Significant Details: 0 Dating Evidence: Room 1B Function Walls: Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: Opening – Windows: Significant Details: Dating Evidence: Room 2 Function Walls: Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: Opening – Windows: Significant Details: Dating Evidence: Comments: Room 3 Function Walls: Floor: Ceiling: 0 0 0 3 Main Range Description Lobby to entrance, space formed in the 1960s. The north and south walls are timber framed, glazed partitions, dark stained th polished wood and part painted. Mid-Late 20 century. Hard wearing commercial carpeting over solid floor, probably tiled. th Plain plaster ceiling with plain cavetto coving, mid-late 20 century. Central metal framed glass textured light. D1 – Large double width entrance door, with round arched fanlight above, chunky plain dark wood timber frame. Double doors are panelled, heritage style, with upper panel wire glass glazed. Modern security type door, with chrome push-bar handles. D2 – Modern sliding glass security doors, set to modern glazed partition. N/A Mid-century storage heater attached to wall north of doorway to street. Angled east wall, with glazed panelled sliding doors to 1B. th The angled lobby has a mid-late 20 century appearance. Entrance area. All historic partitions removed and opened up to the lending library, children’s library and stair hall; Rooms 2, 3 and 4. All walls modern plastered and painted. Commercial hardwearing carpeting, over solid floor. False ceiling, metal framed, polystyrene tiles, inset strip lighting boxes. N/A N/A N/A N/A Children’s Library. Former lending library. Modern plastered and painted walls, painted modern murals. Raised floors, boarded over, slight ramp up from entrance hall. False ceiling, metal framed, polystyrene tiles, inset strip lighting boxes. N/A W1 – Large, triple-light window, stone framed and mullioned. Dutch Gothic influence. Fixed panes to either side, central iron framed casement, screw catch with brass fittings. W2 – Single-light sidelights, stone framed. W3 – Single-light sidelights, stone framed. Small boarded over cupboard in north wall, with boarded door. In an older blocked opening? Possible blocked fireplace in north wall as there is a stack above. The original Victorian windows highlight the first phase of the building. This room has been heavily modernised in the 1960s and the only original features visible are the windows. Modern library stacks line the walls. Former Reading Room. Modern, plastered and painted walls. Solid floor, hardwearing commercial carpeting. False ceiling, metal framed, polystyrene tiles, inset strip lighting boxes. LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL Opening – Doors: Opening – Windows: 0 5 Significant Details: Dating Evidence: Comments: Room 4 Function Walls: Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: Opening – Windows: 1 1 Significant Details: Dating Evidence: Comments: Room 5 Function Walls: Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: 1 Opening – Windows: 1 Significant Details: Dating Evidence: Comments: Room 6 Function Walls: Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 3 N/A W4 – Large, triple-light window, stone framed and mullioned. Dutch Gothic influence. Fixed panes to either side, central iron framed casement, screw catch with brass fittings. W5 – Single-light sidelights, stone framed. W6 – Single-light sidelights, stone framed. W7 – Two-light, two-pane, beaded casement window, beaded moulding, in heavy plain frame. Fixed shut. W8 – Two-light beaded casement window, beaded moulding, in heavy plain frame. Fixed shut. Modern lift inserted in north-west corner. Possible blocked fireplace in south wall as there is a stack above. The original Victorian windows highlight the first phase of the building. This room has been heavily modernised in the 1960s and the only original features visible are the windows. Modern library stacks line the walls. Stair hall. Modern plastered and painted. Solid floor, hardwearing carpeted surface. False ceiling, metal framed, polystyrene tiles, inset strip lighting boxes. D3 to R6 modern painted wood fire door, with strip of wired glazing. W9 - Two light, two pane, beaded casement window to south wall, beaded moulding, in heavy plain frame. Fixed shut. Fine staircase rising to first floor. Heavy vase turned newel post, moulded polished handrail, vase shaped turned balusters, closed string with carved fretwork patterns. A mix of Jacobethan, Georgian and Gothic revival style elements this is a somewhat eccentric stair. Long first flight to half landing, long second flight to first floor landing. The historic partition to Room 5 to the east has been removed, now one open space. The stair and window convey Victorian character on an otherwise modernised space. This room has been heavily modernised in the 1960s. Modern library stacks line the walls. Library Reception. Former Boys Room? Modern plastered and painted. Solid floor, hardwearing carpeted surface. False ceiling, metal framed, polystyrene tiles, inset strip lighting boxes. Opening to former librarian's house to east wall. Bead moulding to plaster edge, no fittings survive within doorway. W10 – Pair of horned 2x2 sash windows under two shallow arched fixed panes, now of textured glass. There is likely a blocked fireplace in the east wall, as there is a stack above. th The windows have been altered but are broadly 19 century in character. This room has been heavily modernised in the 1960s and the only original features visible are the windows. Modern library stacks line the walls. Modern corridor formed under stairs. Formerly open to stair hall. Modern plastered and painted, west and south walls modern partitions. Solid floor and ramp over steps. Lino floor covering. Modern painted plasterboard ceiling. D3 – Modern painted wood fire door, narrow long wire glazed panel, plain frame. D5 – Solid modern fire door to toilets. D6 - Modern painted wood fire door, narrow long wire glazed panel, plain frame. 19 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL Opening – Windows: Significant Details: Dating Evidence: Comments: Room 7 Function Walls: Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: Opening – Windows: 0 1 2 Significant Details: Dating Evidence: Comments: Room 8 Function Walls: Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: 3 Opening – Windows: Significant Details: 0 Dating Evidence: Comments: Room 9 Function Walls: Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: 1 Opening – Windows: 2 Significant Details: Dating Evidence: SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. N/A N/A Modern space. Modern space enclosed beneath the stairs, leading to extension. Toilets. Modern plastered and painted. Solid floor. Lino floor covering. Plastered and painted ceiling. D5 – Solid modern fire door to toilets. W11 – Modern textured glazed single pane window, with small hopper casement above. W12 - Modern textured glazed single pane window, with small hopper casement above. N/A Two individual windows suggest there may once have been two separate timber stalls here for toilets. Wholly modern fitted out toilets for disabled access. Meeting Room, extension behind library. Modern plastered and painted walls. The north wall is an angled partition. Fixed modern shelving to walls etc Modern heritage style beaded skirtings. Solid floor, hardwearing carpeted covering. Suspended plasterboard painted ceiling, to flat roof. Central light well/rooflight, integral boxed strip lights. D6 - Modern painted wood fire door, narrow long wire glazed panel, plain frame. D7 – Deep moulded doorcase with panelled sides, beaded and ogee moulded. Two panel painted door, with large upper wired glass pane. This doorcase has either been reset in this wall, or intentionally copied from older doors in the main building. D8 - Modern painted wood fire door, narrow long wire glazed panel, plain frame. N/A The door, D7 is significant, as it is the same style as those in the original range, copied in 1905? The doors style matches that of doors in the main building, particularly the doorframe, D13 on the first floor. This extension to the library, of early 1900s date, being secondary has then been further modernised, having no historic character left but for the D7. It is impossible to assess where the bank counters and fitments might have been. Office. Modern plastered and painted. Modern heritage style beaded skirtings. Solid, hardwearing carpeted covering. Plastered and painted. D7 - Deep moulded doorcase with panelled sides, beaded and ogee moulded. Two panel painted door, with large upper wired glass pane. This doorcase has likely been reset in this wall, or copied from older doors in the main building. W13 – 2x2 pane horned sash window, with wired glass panes. Set in deep sloping panelled casement, with wide architrave of ogee and beaded moulding. W14 - 2x2 pane horned sash window, with wired glass panes. Set in deep sloping panelled casement, with wide architrave of ogee and beaded moulding. FP1 - Large shallow stack on angled north wall, blocked fireplace. Bead moulding to plaster edge. Blocked opening (door) to corridor, Rooms 10 and 11. The windows fireplace and door convey historic character to this room, being 1905, a mere nine years after the main build, they have emulated or outright copied features from the library range. 20 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL Comments: Room 10 Function Walls: Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: Opening – Windows: Significant Details: Dating Evidence: Comments: Room 11 Function Walls: Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: Opening – Windows: Significant Details: Dating Evidence: This extension to the library, being secondary has then been further modernised. 3 1 2 1 Comments: Room 12 Function Walls: Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: 1 Opening – Windows: 1 Significant Details: Dating Evidence: Comments: Room 13 Function Walls: SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. Corridor to yard to rear of library. Former access for librarian's house? Access to bank later on. Modern plastered and painted. Modern heritage style beaded skirtings. Solid floor. False plasterboard painted ceiling, roof lights, to modern flat roof. D8 – Modern painted wood fire door, narrow long wire glazed panel, plain frame. D9 – Modern two pane door, upper wired glass pane. D10 – Historic doorframe, with beading and ogee mouldings. Modern two pane painted door. D11 – Modern plain stepped frame. Modern door, with raised and fielded lower panel, upper panel with wired textured glass pane. Stone framed two-light fanlight above doorway D11, to street. N/A The doorcase D10 matches those in the main range. This space is later than the library, formed between the library and the party wall of the plot. Lobby to corridor to rear yard. Plastered and painted. Modern heritage style beaded skirtings. Solid floor. False plasterboard painted ceiling, roof lights, to modern flat roof. D10 – Historic doorframe, with beading and ogee mouldings. Modern two pane painted door. D11 – Modern plain stepped frame. Modern door, with raised and fielded lower panel, upper panel with wired textured glass pane. Stone framed two-light fanlight above doorway D11, to street. N/A The doorcase D10 matches those in the main range. The stone framed fanlight emulates the windows in the main range and also suggests this front facade may always have formed a gateway. This space is later than the library, formed between the library and the party wall of the plot. Stairs Modern plastered and painted. Beaded stair skirting rises with stairs. Hardwearing carpeted surface with metal grippers to edge of steps, presumably over timber stairs. False ceiling, metal framed, polystyrene tiles, inset strip lighting boxes. D12 - Two panel modern painted door, with wired glazed upper panel to fire lobby. W15 - Two light, stair window, long narrow horned sashes, 4x6, with fixed panes above, probably once coloured glass. Beaded frames. Fine staircase rising to first floor. Heavy vase turned newel post, moulded polished handrail, vase shaped turned balusters, closed string with carved fretwork patterns. A mix of Jacobethan, Georgian and Gothic revival style elements this is a somewhat eccentric stair. Long first flight to half landing, long second flight to first floor landing. The stair and window convey Victorian character on an otherwise modernised space. The lobbies on the first floor are timber and glazed partitions dividing the stair from the landing for fire safety. First floor landing. The south wall is solid, modern plastered and painted, with 1920s skirting board like metal air vents along the base. The east and north-east walls are modern 21 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: 5 Opening – Windows: Significant Details: 0 Dating Evidence: Comments: Room 14 Function Walls: Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: 1 Opening – Windows: 5 Significant Details: Dating Evidence: Comments: Room 15 Function Walls: SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. timber framed and wire glass glazed partitions. The west wall is a modern plasterboard partition. The north wall is an older thicker partition, likely original. Boarded floor, hardwearing commercial carpeting metal grippers to thresholds. Plastered and painted a series of modern strip lighting, security lighting and safety signage. D12 - Two panel modern painted door, with wired glazed upper panel to stairs. Modern hinges and furniture. Set in modern timber and glazed partition. D13 – Plain painted door, with narrow wired glass panel to left hand side, Bakelite handle and lock cover. Room signage and fire safety signs. Fine wide doorcase with stepped ogee and strips of fine bead moulding with wide flat planes, bead to opening, classical influence. Scar for old hinges. D14 - Plain painted door, with narrow wired glass panel to left hand side, plastic finger plate and metal kick plates, modern hinges. Plain painted doorframe modern. D15 - Plain painted door, with narrow wired glass panel to left hand side, plastic finger plate and metal kick plates, modern hinges. Room signage and fire safety signs. Plain painted frame modern. D16 - Modern painted wood fire door, two narrow long wire glazed panels, plain frame. Kick plates, modern hinges and furniture. Room signage and fire safety signs. Set in modern timber and glazed partition. N/A The thick partition to the north is likely original with a good doorcase, the rest are modern reset partitions. Only D13, the one good doorcase is historic. Everything else is of modern materials and modern in form. Wholly modernised and divided area, which was always somewhat negative space but intended to give a sense of space and grandeur to the building. Non-fiction lending library. Former lecture room. Modern plastered and painted, to east wall stretches of 1920s metal air vent style skirting vents at base of wall, some to west wall as well. Modern library stacks to lower walls. Boarded, carpeted over, hard wearing commercial type carpeting. Ceiling is set slightly up into the eaves, with a shallow vault. Plain plastered, no decoration. D15- Plain painted door, with narrow wired glass panel to left hand side, plastic handle and metal kick plates, modern hinges. Plain painted doorframe modern. W21 - Large triple light window, stone framed and mullioned. Dutch Gothic influence. Fixed panes to either side, central iron framed casement, W22 - Single light sidelights, stone framed. Plasticised metallic tilting awning casement. W23 - Single light sidelights, stone framed. Plasticised metallic tilting awning casement. W24 – Two light window in chunky beaded frame to rear. Coloured glass fixed panes above in yellow and pink geometric pattern. Textured glass to two pane casements. Appear to be fixed shut? W25 - Two light window in chunky beaded frame to rear. Coloured glass fixed panes above in yellow and pink geometric pattern. Textured glass to two pane casements. Appear to be fixed shut? Possibly blocked fireplace in south wall, obscured by stacks. The original Victorian windows highlight the first phase of the building. This space still retains its high ceilings and semblance of historic character. Cornwall research library. Former Ladies Room. Modern plastered and painted, to west and north wall stretches of 1920s metal air vent style skirting vents at base of wall. Modern bookshelves and filing cabinets to lower walls. The east wall and south wall are modern partitions. 22 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: 1 Opening – Windows: 1 Significant Details: Dating Evidence: Comments: Room 16 Function Walls: Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: 1 Opening – Windows: 4 Significant Details: Dating Evidence: Comments: Room 17 Function Walls: Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: Opening – Windows: Significant Details: SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 3 0 Boarded, carpeted over, hard wearing commercial type carpeting. Ceiling is set slightly up into the eaves, boarded over window. D14 - Plain painted door, with narrow wired glass panel to left hand side, plastic handle and metal kick plates, modern hinges. Plain painted doorframe modern. W20 - Large triple light window, stone framed and mullioned. Dutch Gothic influence. Fixed panes to either side, central iron framed casement, brass handle. 1920s metal air vent style skirting vents at base of wall. The original Victorian windows highlight the first phase of the building. This space is now formed from two historic partitions and has been heavily modernised, no original furniture or fittings remain. Computer room/reference library and former reference library. Modern plastered and painted. To west wall stretches of 1920s metal air vent style skirting at base of wall. Chunky historic partition to south wall with plain tall skirtings, plain tall skirtings and then some stretches of air vent to the east. Boarded, carpeted over, hard wearing commercial type carpeting. Ceiling is set slightly up into the eaves, with a shallow vault. Plain plastered, no decoration. D13 - Plain painted door, with narrow wired glass panel to left hand side, Bakelite handle and lock cover. Room signage and fire safety signs. Fine wide doorcase with stepped ogee and strips of fine bead moulding with wide flat planes, bead to opening, classical influence. Scar for old hinges. W16 – Tall two light two pane casement windows in chunky beaded frame. Coiled catches. Textured glass in panes. Two small fixed panes above that presumably would once have been coloured glass like in R14. W17 - Large triple light window, stone framed and mullioned. Dutch Gothic influence. Fixed panes to either side, central iron framed casement, W18 - Single light sidelights, stone framed. Plasticised metallic tilting awning casement. W19- Single light sidelights, stone framed. Plasticised metallic tilting awning casement. There will be a blocked fireplace in the north wall, as it is served by a stack. No clear evidence as modern plastered wall. The original Victorian windows highlight the first phase of the building. This space still retains its high ceilings and semblance of historic character. As it is not fitted with stacks but just loose tables and chairs, you do get more of a sense of the proportions of the intended rooms. Librarian's House Narrow entrance hall. Stairs and landing. Plasterboard partition to east divides this off from Room 19, once open. Solid partition to west. Tall skirtings with narrow bead moulding, rise with stairs. Painted. Boarded carpeted, poor condition, damp. Plastered and painted. D21 – Painted two panel door, with larger upper wire glazed pane, chrome handle and lock, modern hinges. Plain frame. D22 - Dark wood modern boarded fire door, narrow wire glazed panel to right hand side above brown Bakelite handle. Modern room and safety signage, kick plates and plastic finger plates, modern hinges. Narrow deeply ogee moulded stepped door frame. D27 - Dark wood modern boarded fire door, narrow wire glazed panel to right hand side above brown Bakelite handle. Modern room and safety signage, kick plates and plastic finger plates, modern hinges. Plain frame. N/A There is a narrow stair which runs to first floor from the south. Beaded stair plate. Plain chunky stick balusters, rounded chunky handrail, turned chunky newel with 23 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL th acorn finial. Good 19 century stair of a domestic character. Carpeted loosely over plank treads and risers. The doorframe to D22 and the stairs are good Victorian features of a simple form, being domestic as those seen in the library, identify this as first phase. This space has been poorly maintained and much altered but can still be clearly identified by its Victorian surviving features. Visually at first glance it does present as service entry modern, with electricity boxes etc. Dating Evidence: Comments: Room 18 Function Walls: Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: 3 Opening – Windows: 1 Significant Details: Dating Evidence: Comments: Room 19 Function Walls: Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: 2 Opening – Windows: 1 Significant Details: Dating Evidence: Comments: Room 20 Function Walls: Floor: SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. Staff office, former librarian's sitting room. Modern plastered and painted walls. Tall skirtings, narrow bead mouldings. Heavy pipework runs along the base of the north wall, encased in a wire cage. Hard wearing carpet covering over solid floor. Plain plastered and painted, modern strip lighting units. D4 – Beaded opening to former boys room in main range. D22 - Dark wood modern boarded fire door, narrow wire glazed panel to right hand side above brown Bakelite handle. Kick plates and plastic finger plates, modern hinges. Narrow painted deeply ogee moulded stepped door frame. D23 - Dark wood modern boarded fire door, narrow wire glazed panel to right hand side above brown Bakelite handle. Kick plates and plastic finger plates, modern hinges. Narrow plain frame. W27 - Beaded opening, shallow sloping reveals, thin plank sill. Beaded sash box and horned 2x2 pane sliding sash. FP2 – Fireplace in west wall. Cast iron surround, with mantle shelf, foliate patterns on surround, loose and sinuous, art nouveau style. Ogee moulded frame to open cast iron grate, tiled reveals. th The skirting doorframe, window and fireplace are all good later 19 century features. This space has been poorly maintained and much altered but can still be clearly identified by its Victorian surviving features. It has a strong domestic style character, very different from the library. Staff locker room and store, former kitchen. Modern plastered and painted walls. Tall skirtings, narrow ogee mouldings. Hard wearing carpet covering over solid floor. Plain plastered and painted, modern strip lighting units. D26 - Dark wood modern boarded fire door, chrome handle, modern hinges. Plain frame. D27 - Dark wood modern boarded fire door, narrow wire glazed panel to right hand side above brown Bakelite handle. Modern room and safety signage, kick plates and plastic finger plates, modern hinges. Plain frame. W28 - Beaded opening, shallow sloping reveals, thin plank sill. Beaded sash box and horned 2x2 pane sliding sash. CPB - There is a shallow shelved cupboard with wide deeply ogee moulded stepped frame, which matches the doorframe D22. FP3 - There is a tall and wide hearth in the east wall, this is boarded over. There is th the scar of a wide timber surround with mantle shelf, a typical 19 century kitchen hearth for a range. th The skirting doorframe, window and fireplace are all good later 19 century features. This space has been poorly maintained and much altered but can still be clearly identified by its Victorian surviving features. It has a strong domestic style character, very different from the library. Modern space formed by partitions installed in R19 to form a large cupboard/store. Modern plastered and painted walls. Tall skirtings, narrow ogee mouldings. Solid floor, carpeted. 24 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL Ceiling: Opening – Doors: Opening – Windows: Significant Details: Dating Evidence: 3 0 Comments: Room 21 Function Walls: Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: 2 Opening – Windows: 1 Significant Details: Dating Evidence: Comments: Room 22 Function Walls: Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: 2 Opening – Windows: 1 Significant Details: Dating Evidence: Comments: Room 23 Function Walls: Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: Opening – Windows: Significant Details: Dating Evidence: SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 2 0 Plain plastered and painted, modern strip lighting units. D24 – Plain lockable cupboard door to under stair cupboard used by cleaner. D25 - Dark wood modern boarded fire door, narrow wire glazed panel to right hand side above brown Bakelite handle. Plain frame. D26 - Dark wood modern boarded fire door, chrome handle. Plain frame. N/A th Shelves with chamfered brackets, mid century (20 ). The skirting is Victorian, but the other features are modern of mid century, this space wholly modern. This space has been poorly maintained and much altered. Store room, former bedroom. Modern plastered and painted walls. Tall skirtings, narrow ogee mouldings. Boarded floor, carpeted. Plain plastered and painted, modern lighting. D28 - Dark wood modern boarded fire door, narrow wire glazed panel to right hand side above brown Bakelite handle. Narrow deeply ogee moulded stepped door frame. D29 - Dark wood modern boarded fire door. Plain frame. W29 - Beaded opening, shallow sloping reveals, thin plank sill. Beaded sash box and horned 2x2 pane sliding sash. FP4 – Good cast iron fire surround with narrow mantle shelf, round arched opening, mixed classical design, with some fluting to pilasters and vase images, with foliate swags. th The skirting doorframe, window and fireplace are all good later 19 century features. This space has been poorly maintained and much altered but can still be clearly identified by its Victorian surviving features. It has a strong domestic style character, very different from the library. Small modern space, formed by modern partition with glazed panels to top. Modern plastered and painted walls. Tall skirtings, narrow ogee mouldings. Boarded floor, carpeted. Plain plastered and painted, modern lighting. D29 - Dark wood modern boarded fire door. Plain frame. D30 - Dark wood modern boarded fire door. Plain frame. W30 - Beaded opening, shallow sloping reveals, thin plank sill. Beaded sash box and horned 2x2 pane sliding sash. The window and skirting boards on north wall are Victorian in date. The partition is clearly modern in form and materials. This space has been poorly maintained and much altered but can still be clearly identified by its Victorian surviving features as having been recently divided from R23. Store room, former bedroom. Modern plastered and painted walls. Tall skirtings, narrow ogee mouldings. Boarded floor, carpeted. Plain plastered and painted, modern lighting. D30 - Dark wood modern boarded fire door. Plain frame. D31 - Dark wood modern boarded fire door, narrow wire glazed panel to right hand side above brown Bakelite handle. Narrow deeply ogee moulded stepped door frame. N/A FP5 – Good cast iron fire surround with narrow mantle shelf, round arched opening, mixed classical design, with some fluting to pilasters and vase images, with foliate swags. th The skirting, doorframe and fireplace are all good later 19 century features. 25 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL Comments: This space has been poorly maintained and much altered but can still be clearly identified by its Victorian surviving features. It has a strong domestic style character, very different from the library. Linking Block – Modern (above Room 5) Room 24 Function Walls: Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: 4 Opening – Windows: Significant Details: 0 Dating Evidence: Comments: Room 25 Function Walls: Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: Opening – Windows: 1 1 Significant Details: Dating Evidence: Comments: Room 26 Function Walls: Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: Opening – Windows: Significant Details: Dating Evidence: Comments: Room 27 Comments: 1 1 SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. Staff Toilet. Modern plastered and painted, modern heritage style skirtings. The south and west walls are modern partitions which form the small toilet cubicle. Boarded, lino covered. Boarded ceiling, plasterboard, painted set around eaves. Chunky truss blade projects down into eaves. D19 – Modern painted plain lockable door to toilet. W26 – Modern chunky horned sash window. Plain deep opening, sloping to east side. N/A N/A Fitted with modern toilet and wash basin. Staff kitchen. Modern plastered and painted, modern heritage style skirtings. The north and west walls are modern partitions which form the small toilet cubicle. Carpeted to west side, lino covering to Boarded ceiling, plasterboard, painted set around eaves. D18 - Modern painted two panel door, upper glass pane. Velux light in roof. N/A N/A Kitchenette fitted to the east wall. See Room 24. Outside Shed in Yard Room 28 Function Walls: Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: Corridor. Modern plastered and painted, modern heritage style skirtings. Boarded, lino covered. Boarded ceiling, plasterboard, painted set around eaves. Chunky truss blade projects down into eaves. D17 – Opening forced in wall of library range, no fitments or fittings. D18 – Modern painted two panel door, upper glass pane. D19 – Modern painted plain lockable door to toilet. D20 – Modern painted fire door, upper larger panel wired glass, modern fire door push bar opener, modern hinges and signage. N/A A small glass and timber framed lobby built around D17, the forced opening between the library and modern infill block. This lobby is known as Room 27. N/A This is a wholly modern space, infilled between the house and library. Externally built in a similar style to the rest of the building to conform, interior totally modern. 1 Utility room, former washroom. In brick service shed with slate roof, long and narrow, three units. Modern plastered and painted walls. Lino tiles, over solid floor. Boarded plasterboard ceiling. D32 – Boarded door, narrow planks ledged and braced with knob and lock. Plain 26 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL Opening – Windows: Significant Details: Dating Evidence: Comments: Room 29 Function Walls: Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: 1 Opening – Windows: Significant Details: Dating Evidence: Comments: Room 30 Function 0 Walls: Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: Opening – Windows: Significant Details: Dating Evidence: Comments: Room 31 Function Walls: Floor: Ceiling: Opening – Doors: Opening – Windows: Significant Details: Dating Evidence: Comments: SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 1 1 0 1 0 frame. W31 – Small relatively modern sash window, in chunky sash box. Mid century kitchen units. th The door is the only historic detail, the rest are 20 century additions. This is a small washroom built as a service space to the librarian's house. Toilet. In brick service shed with slate roof, long and narrow, three units. Modern plastered and painted walls. Solid floor. Boarded plasterboard ceiling, rises into the ridge of the roof. D33 - Boarded door, narrow planks ledged and braced with knob and lock. Plain frame. N/A th Mid century toilet (20 ). The door is the only historic detail. This is an original toilet cubicle but the toilet itself appears to have been updated. Store, possible second toilet? In brick service shed with slate roof, long and narrow, three units. Modern plastered and painted walls. Solid floor. Boarded plasterboard ceiling, rises into the ridge of the roof. D34 - Boarded door, narrow planks ledged and braced with knob and lock. Plain frame. N/A N/A N/A N/A Boiler Room/Cellar Boiler room/basement. Stone exposed rubble walls, some brick patching in places. Concrete floor. Brick ceiling three arched shallow vaults braced by iron girders. D35 – Modern boarded wood security door with metal air vent grille. Modern metal locks. N/A Metal piping and venting for old boiler. Traditional build to boiler room, but the current boiler and piping is modern. This room must have been dug out of the yard garden area when Room 9 was built, to house a purpose-built boiler system. 27 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL APPENDIX 3: DOOR AND WINDOW PLANS Ground Floor SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 28 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL First Floor SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 29 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL APPENDIX 4: PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE 1. 2. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE LIBRARY; FROM THE NORTH-WEST. THE CENTRAL GABLED ENTRANCE BAY OF THE LIBRARY FRONTAGE; FROM THE WEST. 30 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 3. 4. THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE LIBRARY; FROM THE SOUTH-WEST. VIEW OF THE SETTING OF THE LIBRARY ON THE MAIN STREET IN LISKEARD; FROM THE SOUTH-WEST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 31 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 5. VIEW OF THE MODERN ENTRANCE LOBBY WITH INTERNAL SECURITY PARTITION, ROOMS 1A AND 1B; FROM THE SOUTH-EAST. 6. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. VIEW OF THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY, FORMERLY THE LENDING LIBRARY; FROM THE SOUTH. 32 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 7. 8. VIEW OF THE ANGLED TIMBER AND GLASS LOBBY WHICH ENCLOSES THE FRONT DOORS, ROOM 1A; FROM THE NORTH. VIEW OF THE PART OPEN SOUTH WALL OF THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY AND THREE LARGE WINDOWS, PART OF THE MODERNISATION OF THE LIBRARY IN THE 1960S; FROM THE NORTH-EAST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 33 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 9. THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE MAIN FRONT RANGE, NOW ALL PARTLY OPEN-PLAN, BUT STILL FUNDAMENTALLY TREATED AS THREE DISTINCT SPACES 10. THE LARGE TRIPARTITE WINDOWS TO THE FORMER LENDING LIBRARY, NOW CHILDREN'S LIBRARY, ROOM 2; FROM THE EAST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 34 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 11. DETAIL OF THE METAL OPENING CASEMENT TO THE CENTRAL WINDOW LIGHT OF THE MAIN WINDOW, W1; FROM THE EAST. 12. ROOM 3, THE CURRENT LENDING LIBRARY AND FORMER READING ROOM; FROM THE NORTH. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 35 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 13. VIEW FROM ROOM 3, BACK TO THE INTERNAL ENTRANCE LOBBY, ROOM 1B, SHOWING THE FAIRLY RECENT LIFT INSERTION; FROM THE SOUTH-WEST CORNER. 14. THE LARGE TRIPARTITE WINDOWS TO THE FORMER READING ROOM, NOW LENDING LIBRARY, ROOM 3; FROM THE NORTH, NORTH-EAST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 36 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 15. LEFT: ROOM 3, THE CURRENT LENDING LIBRARY, LOOKING NORTH ACROSS THE WHOLE FRONT MAIN RANGE; FROM THE SOUTH. 16. RIGHT: DETAILED VIEW OF THE REAR WINDOWS TO ROOM 3, A FORMER OPENING CASEMENT WINDOW, NOW SEALED SHUT; FROM THE WEST. 17. VIEW FROM THE INTERIOR ENTRANCE LOBBY, LEADING INTO THE STAIR HALL; FROM THE WEST-SOUTH-WEST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 37 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 18. VIEW THROUGH THE STAIR HALL, ROOM 4 INTO THE RECEPTION AREA ROOM 5; FROM THE WEST. 19. VIEW OF THE STAIR HALL OF ROOM 4, WITH WINDOW, CUT BY FALSE CEILING; FROM THE WEST, NORTH-WEST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 38 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 20. VIEW FROM ROOM 5 ALL THE WAY BACK THROUGH ROOM 4 TO ROOM 1B; FROM THE EAST, NORTH-EAST. 21. LEFT: LONGER VIEW FROM ROOM 5 SHOWING THE FORCED FORMER PARTITION WALL BETWEEN THE STAIR HALL AND SITTING AREA OF THE FORMER LIBRARY; FROM THE EAST, NORTH-EAST. 22. RIGHT: ROOM 6, A SHORT CORRIDOR UNDER THE STAIRS LEADING TO THE HISTORIC TOILETS, ROOM 7; FROM THE SOUTH. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 39 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 23. ROOM 8, AN EXTENSION BUILT BEHIND THE STAIRCASE, LEADING TO ANOTHER OFFICE, ROOM 9; FROM THE SOUTH-WEST. 24. THE GOOD DOORCASE, D7, BETWEEN ROOM 8 AND ROOM 9; FROM THE WEST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 40 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 25. D6, FORCED THROUGH THE ORIGINAL REAR WALL OF THE STAIRCASE; FROM THE NORTH-WEST. 26. THE FLAT ROOF AND ROOF LIGHT OF THE EXTENSION BEHIND THE STAIR HALL, ROOM 8; FROM THE EAST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 41 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 27. LEFT: ROOM 8; FROM THE EAST. 28. RIGHT: ROOM 9, VIEW OF THE OFFICE; FROM THE WEST. 29. LEFT: W14, WITH PANELLED CASEMENT, IN ROOM 9; FROM THE WEST, NORTH-WEST. 30. RIGHT: W13, WITH PANELLED CASEMENT, IN ROOM 9; FROM THE WEST, SOUTH-WEST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 42 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 31. VIEW OF ROOM 9, THE STACK AND BLOCKED OPENING AND FINE RESET DOOR, D7; FROM THE SOUTH-EAST. 32. THE FLAT ROOF OVER ROOM 9, THE EXTENSION BEHIND THE LIBRARY; FROM THE EAST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 43 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 33. LEFT: THE STACK IN ROOM 9, FP1; FROM THE SOUTH. 34. RIGHT: THE BLOCKED OPENING IN ROOM 9, LEADING TO ROOM 10; FROM THE SOUTH. 35. LEFT: D8, TO ROOM 10 FROM ROOM 9; FROM THE SOUTH. 36. RIGHT: ROOM 10 AND 11, THE ENCLOSED ALLEYWAY TO THE NORTH OF THE FORMER LIBRARY; FROM THE EAST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 44 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 37. LEFT: ROOM 11 AND DS10 AND D11; FROM THE EAST. 38. RIGHT; ROOM 11, AND D11, THE DOOR TO THE STREET; FROM THE EAST. 39. LEFT: VIEW BACK FROM ROOM 11 TO ROOM 10; FROM THE WEST. 40. RIGHT: THE FLAT ROOF OVER ROOM 10 AND 11, WITH SKYLIGHTS; FROM THE WEST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 45 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 41. LEFT: THE EXTERIOR WALL OF THE LIBRARY, WITHIN ROOM 10; FROM THE WEST, NORTH-WEST. 42. RIGHT: ROOM 12, THE STAIRS RISING TO THE FIRST FLOOR, SHOWING THE MURAL ON THE WEST WALL; FROM THE SOUTH-EAST. 43. LEFT: DETAIL OF THE LARGE NEWEL POSTS, OF THE JACOBETHAN STYLE STAIRCASE; FROM THE EAST, SOUTH-EAST. 44. RIGHT: DETAIL OF THE TURNED BALUSTERS ON THE STAIRCASE; FROM THE SOUTH-WEST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 46 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 45. LEFT: VIEW UP THE STAIRCASE TO THE STAIR WINDOW, W15; FROM THE SOUTH. 46. RIGHT: THE HALF LANDING ON THE STAIRCASE AND DETAILS OF THE STAIRCASE; FROM THE WEST, NORTH-WEST. 47. VIEW UP THE LAST FLIGHT TO THE FIRST FLOOR LANDING; FROM THE NORTH-WEST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 47 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 48. VIEW UP TO THE LANDING AND FIRE SAFETY SCREEN; FROM THE NORTH. 49. VIEW OF THE STAIRCASE; FROM THE NORTH-EAST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 48 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 50. VIEW OF THE BEADED STAIR PLATE WHICH DROPS WITH THE STAIR; FROM THE SOUTH-WEST. 51. LEFT: THE STAIR WINDOW, W15; FROM THE SOUTH. 52. RIGHT: THE LARGE DOUBLE HEIGHT MURAL ON THE STAIRCASE; FROM THE SOUTH-EAST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 49 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 53. LEFT: THE DOOR TO THE LANDING, WITH THE FIRST FLOOR LOBBY; FROM THE SOUTH-WEST. 54. RIGHT: TWO LOBBIES ON THE FIRST FLOOR ARE INSERTED FOR FIRE SAFETY; FROM THE SOUTH-WEST. 55. THE FIRST FLOOR LANDING FROM THE NORTH-WEST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 50 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 56. THE FIRST FLOOR LANDING FROM THE NORTH-EAST. 57. D15 TO THE NON-FICTION LIBRARY, THE FORMER LECTURE ROOM; FROM THE NORTH. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 51 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 58. R14; THE NON-FICTION LIBRARY AND FORMER LECTURE ROOM; FROM THE NORTH-EAST. 59. R14; FROM THE SOUTH-EAST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 52 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 60. THE FRONT WALL OF R14, WITH THE MATCHING TRIPARTITE WINDOWS TO R3; FROM THE SOUTH-EAST. 61. R14, WITH THE INSERTED LOW PARTITION TO THE NORTH, DIVIDING IT FROM R15; FROM THE SOUTH. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 53 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 62. W24 IN THE REAR WALL OF R14, SHOWING THE YELLOW AND PINK COLOURED ORIGINAL GLASS PANELS ABOVE THE OPENING CASEMENTS; FROM THE WEST. 63. R14; FROM THE SOUTH-WEST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 54 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 64. R14; FROM THE NORTH-WEST. 65. THE REAR EAST WALL OF R14, WITH THE TWO WINDOWS, BOTH WITH ORIGINAL COLOURED GLASS PANELS; FROM THE WEST, NORTH-WEST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 55 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 66. LEFT: THE TOP OF THE INSERTED LIFT SHAFT; FROM THE EAST, NORTH-EAST. 67. RIGHT: THE LOW MODERN PARTITION BETWEEN R14 AND R15; FROM THE SOUTH-EAST. 68. LEFT: D14 TO R15; FROM THE EAST. 69. RIGHT: VIEW FROM R15 BACK INTO R14; FROM THE NORTH-EAST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 56 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 70. LEFT: W20, WITHIN R15; FROM THE NORTH-EAST. 71. RIGHT: W20 IS THE CENTRAL WINDOW ABOVE THE ENTRANCE IN THE FRONT RANGE; FROM THE SOUTH-EAST. 72. LEFT: DETAIL OF THE TRIPARTITE STONE FRAMED WINDOW, W20; FROM THE SOUTH, SOUTH-EAST. 73. RIGHT: THE ORIGINAL PARTITION ON THE FIRST FLOOR, BETWEEN R15 AND R16; FROM THE SOUTH-EAST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 57 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 74. LEFT: THE MODERN PARTITION BETWEEN R13 AND R15, WITH D14; FROM THE NORTH-WEST. 75. RIGHT: D13, IN THE PARTITION BETWEEN R13 AND R16, WIDE BEADED AND OGEE MOULDED DOORFRAMES; FROM THE SOUTH. 76. LEFT: R16, NOW THE RESEARCH COMPUTER ROOM AND FORMERLY THE REFERENCE LIBRARY; FROM THE SOUTH-EAST. 77. RIGHT: R16; FROM THE SOUTH-WEST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 58 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 78. R16, THE LONG REAR WALL WITH W16; FROM THE SOUTH-WEST. 79. W16, THE CASEMENT IN THE REAR WALL OF R16, WHICH NOW OVERLOOKS THE FLAT ROOFS OF THE EXTENSIONS; FROM THE WEST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 59 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 80. THE FRONT WALL OF R16, WITH THE TRIPARTITE WINDOWS, AS IN R2 BELOW; FROM THE NORTH-EAST. 81. THE ORIGINAL PARTITION WALL, THE SOUTH WALL OF R16, WITH GOOD WIDE MOULDED DOORCASE TO THE LANDING, R13; FROM THE NORTH-WEST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 60 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 82. LEFT: D13; FROM THE NORTH, WITH WIDE MOULDED DOORCASE, ALSO SHOWING HIGH PLAIN SKIRTING BOARDS. 83. RIGHT: W10 FROM THE EXTERIOR; FROM THE EAST. 84. LEFT: THE BACK OF THE LIBRARY WITH MODERN FIRE ESCAPE OFF THE PROJECTING STAIR BLOCK; FROM THE EAST, SOUTH-EAST. 85. RIGHT: THE BACK OF THE LIBRARY, SHOWING W16 AND A ROOFLINE SCAR FROM FORMER FLASHINGS; FROM THE NORTH-EAST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 61 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 86. VIEW OF HOW THE FLAT ROOF ABUTS THE STONE PARTY WALL OF THE PLOT; FROM THE SOUTH-EAST. 87. THE LONG PROJECTING EXTENSION TO THE LIBRARY, WHICH CONTAINS R8 AND R9; FROM THE SOUTH-EAST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 62 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 88. W13 AND W14, TO R9, WITHIN THE LONG SINGLE STOREY ALTERED EXTENSION; FROM THE EAST, NORTH-EAST. 89. THE FLAT ROOF OF THE INFILL BETWEEN THE LIBRARY BUILDING AND THE PARTY WALL, WITH D9 TO THE CORRIDOR TO THE STREET; FROM THE EAST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 63 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 90. THE FRONT OF THE PURPOSE BUILT LIBRARIAN'S HOUSE; FROM THE NORTH. 91. VIEW OF WHERE THE HOUSE MEETS THE LIBRARY RANGE, WITH W26 AND D20; FROM THE EAST, NORTH-EAST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 64 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 92. THE ROOF OVER THE LIBRARIANS HOUSE, WITH TWO CHIMNEY STACKS TO HEATED ROOMS; FROM THE WEST, NORTH-WEST. 93. LEFT: THE LIBRARIAN'S HOUSE RANGE; FROM THE WEST. 94. RIGHT: R17 ENTRANCE LOBBY AND STAIRS TO LIBRARIAN'S HOUSE, WITH BANISTER RAIL TO STAIRS; FROM THE NORTH. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 65 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 95. LEFT: VIEW UP TO THE FIRST FLOOR LANDING WITHIN R17; FROM THE NORTH. 96. RIGHT: DETAILED VIEW OF THE STAIRS IN R17; FROM THE NORTH. 97. LEFT: THE TURNED NEWEL POST AT THE BASE OF THE STAIRCASE IN R17; FROM THE NORTH-WEST. 98. RIGHT: D21 THE EXTERNAL DOOR TO R17, WITH D22 AND D27, TO WEST AND EAST; FROM THE SOUTH. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 66 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 99. D22, LEADING TO R18, WITHIN THE LIBRARIAN'S HOUSE; FROM THE EAST. 100. THE EAST WALL OF R18, WITH D22 AND D23; FROM THE SOUTH-WEST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 67 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 101. THE NORTH WALL OF R18, WITH W27; FROM THE SOUTH, SOUTH-WEST. 102. THE WEST WALL OF R18, WITH THE DOORWAY TO R5 AND FP2; FROM THE SOUTH-EAST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 68 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 103. LEFT: FP2, THE ART NOUVEAU INFLUENCED CAST IRON FIREPLACE; FROM THE SOUTH-EAST. 104. RIGHT: THE SHALLOW CAST IRON GRATE AND TILED SURROUND; FROM THE SOUTH. 105. LEFT: D4, THE OPENING BETWEEN THE LIBRARIANS HOUSE AND MAIN LIBRARY RANGE; FROM THE EAST. 106. RIGHT: D23 AND D25, LEADING BETWEEN R18 AND R20; FROM THE EAST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 69 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 107. LEFT: R20, DIVIDED OFF FROM R19, WITH SHELVES AGAINST THE EAST WALL; FROM THE WEST. 108. RIGHT: MODERN PARTITION BETWEEN R20 AND R19, WITH D26, A MODERN DOOR BETWEEN; FROM THE SOUTH, SOUTH-WEST. 109. THE MODERN PARTITION BETWEEN R20 AND R19, WITH D26, A MODERN DOOR BETWEEN; FROM THE NORTH-EAST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 70 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 110. LEFT: THE NORTH WALL OF R19, WITH W28; FROM THE SOUTH-WEST. 111. RIGHT: THE EAST WALL OF R19, CUPBOARD WITH MOULDED FRAME AND BLOCKED FIREPLACE FP3; FROM THE WEST. 112. LEFT: DETAIL OF FP3, SHOWING THE SCAR OF THE FORMER SURROUND AND MANTLE; FROM THE WEST. 113. RIGHT: D27, LEADING INTO, R17; SET IN A MODERN PARTITION ENCLOSING THE STAIRS; FROM THE EAST, NORTH-EAST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 71 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 114. LEFT: VIEW FROM R21 ACROSS TO R23, SHOWING THE MATCHING DOORCASES WITH OGEE MOULDING WHICH MATCH D22 DOWNSTAIRS; FROM THE EAST. 115. RIGHT: THE NORTH WALL OF R21, WITH W29; FROM THE SOUTH. 116. R21, SHOWING A LONG MODERN FITTED WORKTOP AND FITMENTS FOR SHELVES, AGAIN ALL MODERN; FROM THE NORTH-WEST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 72 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 117. FP4, THE CAST IRON ROUND ARCHED GRATE TO R21, WITH COHESIVE BEADED SKIRTING BOARDS; FROM THE WEST. TH 118. LEFT: D29 FORCED INTO THE WALL BETWEEN R21 AND R23, WHEN R22 WAS FORMED IN THE MID 20 CENTURY; FROM THE SOUTH-EAST. 119. RIGHT: R22, THE SMALL ROOM FORMED TO THE NORTH OF R23; FROM THE EAST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 73 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 120. THE NORTH WALL OF R22, SHOWING W30; FROM THE WEST, SOUTH-WEST. 121. R23, WITH FP5, SHOWING THE MODERN INSERTED PARTITION WITH GLAZED PANELS AND D30; FROM THE SOUTH-EAST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 74 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 122. FP5, WHICH IS IDENTICAL TO FP 4; FROM THE EAST. 123. LEFT: VIEW OF THE FIRE LOBBY PARTITION WHICH SEALS OFF THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE LIBRARIAN'S HOUSE WHICH HAS BEEN OPENED UP TO THE MAIN RANGE, R27; FROM THE EAST-NORTH-EAST. 124. RIGHT: R27, TO R24, THE SET OF STAIRS BETWEEN THE LIBRARY RANGE AND LIBRARIANS HOUSE; FROM THE SOUTH-WEST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 75 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 125. LEFT: R24, THE CORRIDOR LEADING TO THE STAFF ROOM, R26, ALL FORMED BY MODERN PARTITIONS; FROM THE NORTH-EAST. 126. RIGHT: VIEW INTO R25, FORMED FROM MODERN PARTITIONS, BUT WITH A SASH WINDOW, W26; FROM THE WEST. 127. LEFT: W26; FROM THE SOUTH-WEST. 128. RIGHT: D20, PART WIRE GLAZED DOOR TO FIRE ESCAPE IN R24; FROM THE WEST, SOUTH-WEST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 76 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 129. R26, THE CURRENT STAFF ROOM, FORMED FROM MODERN PARTITIONS; FROM THE SOUTH-EAST. 130. R26, THE STAFF ROOM, FORMED FROM MODERN PARTITIONS, WITH RUN OF MODERN KITCHEN UNITS; FROM THE SOUTH-WEST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 77 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 131. THE SKYLIGHT IN THE FALSE CEILING OF R26; FROM THE NORTH. 132. THE LATER BRICK SERVICE SHED BUILT IN THE COURTYARD, WITH WASHHOUSE AND TOILET FOR THE LIBRARIANS HOUSE; FROM THE WEST, SOUTH-WEST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 78 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 133. THE WEST WALL OF THE SERVICE SHED, WITH W31, D33 AND D34; FROM THE WEST, SOUTH-WEST. 134. LEFT: THE SOUTH WALL OF THE SERVICE SHED, WITH D32; FROM THE WEST, SOUTH-WEST. 135. RIGHT: D33, LEADING TO R29 A TOILET; FROM THE WEST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 79 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 136. LEFT: R29 THE TOILET FOR THE LIBRARIANS HOUSE; FROM THE WEST. 137. RIGHT: W31; FROM THE WEST, SOUTH-WEST. 138. LEFT: D32, LEADING TO R28; FROM THE SOUTH-WEST. 139. RIGHT: R28, A WASHHOUSE NOW CONVERTED TO A UTILITY STYLE ROOM; FROM THE SOUTH, SOUTH-EAST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 80 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 140. VIEW DOWN THE STEPS TO THE CELLAR UNDER THE EXTENSION, A BOILER HOUSE, D35 TO R31; FROM THE EAST. 141. THE TRIPARTITE BRICK VAULTED ROOF AND STEEL GIRDERS OF R31; FROM THE SOUTH-EAST. SOUTH WEST ARCHAEOLOGY LTD. 81 LISKEARD LIBRARY, BARRAS STREET, LISKEARD, CORNWALL 142. R31, WITH STONE WALLING, SOME BRICK PATCHING, OLD PIPES AND NEW PIPING FOR THE BOILER; FROM THE SOUTH-EAST. 143. R31; FROM THE NORTH, SHOWING D35 TO THE STEPS TO THE YARD. 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