Looe

Cornwall Industrial Settlements Initiative

Name: LOOE
Council: Caradon District Council
Location: East Cornwall, on the south coast 7 miles south of Liskeard
Main period of industrial settlement growth: 1848-1885
Study Area: Looe
NGR: SX 2553
Main industry: Port

Industrial history and significance

· Significant as a medieval port, specialising in deep sea and foreign trade and fishing.

· Its industrial phase was brief (effectively from 1840 to 1880).

· Unlike more purely industrial ports, it never either developed significant industry on its own account, nor became solely reliant on ore/mineral trades.

· The 19^th century development of tourism and the continuing increase of the fishing industry in the 20^th century effectively countered any hardship and loss experienced as the industrial trade declined.

· A vital part of the spectacular boom in the Caradon mining and granite industries, Looe was linked to them by canal and railway developments of significance in the wider industrial context.

· The significance of the industrial period to the present character and appearance of Looe cannot be too highly stressed - despite its medieval history, most of what is emblematic of Looe dates from the mid-late 19^th century (the bridge, the quays, the harbour-side and major public buildings, the seafront).

Exceptionally important survival of the medieval plan forms of the medieval boroughs (and evidence of their shifting sites and morphology); the numbers of late medieval, 16thand 17^th century buildings still standing is unusual in Cornish urban context.

Downloads:

The downloads offered below represent the different elements of the CISI Looe Report including the core text and the fourteen illustrative map figures

Title Description Format Size

CISI Looe report Report text.
1216kb

Figure 1 Location map 721kb

Figure 2 Historical development map 967kb

Figure 2a " 673kb

Figure 3 Surviving historical components map 891kb

Figure 3a " 612kb

Figure 4 Gazetteer sites, existing designations and recommendations map 1017kb

Figure 4a " 722kb

Figure 4b " 799kb

Figure 4c " 721kb

Figure 5 Buried archaeological potential map 849kb

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Title	Description	Format	Size
CISI Looe report	Report text.		1216kb
Figure 1	Location map		721kb
Figure 2	Historical development map		967kb
Figure 2a	"		673kb
Figure 3	Surviving historical components map		891kb
Figure 3a	"		612kb
Figure 4	Gazetteer sites, existing designations and recommendations map		1017kb
Figure 4a	"		722kb
Figure 4b	"		799kb
Figure 4c	"		721kb
Figure 5	Buried archaeological potential map		849kb

Last Updated: 08/01/2004. © Cornwall County Council, Historic Environment Service.