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CSUS Launceston Report |
REPORT text detailing the results of the historic
character study for the town of Launceston. Peter Herring
& Bridget Gillard,
Historic Environment Service.. |
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3252kb |
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Figure 1 - Location & Topography Map |
Map showing the location of Launceston and its immediate
topography. |
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528kb |
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Figure 2 - Ordnance Survey 2nd Edition 1:2500 Map (c.1907) |
Map showing the town of Launceston in c.1907. |
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Figure 3 - Historic Development Map |
Map showing the historic development and expansion of
Launceston. |
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1842kb |
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Figure 4 - Historic Settlement Topography Map |
Map showing the historic topography of
Launceston with key
areas of historic activity. |
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1448kb |
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Figures 5.1 and 5.2 - Surviving Historic
Components Maps |
Two maps showing the surviving historic buildings of
Launceston. |
5.1 |
5.2 |
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Figure 6.1 and 6.2 - Urban Archaeological Potential Maps |
Maps showing the areas and sites of archaeological potential
in Launceston. |
6.1 |
6.2 |
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Figure 7 - Character Areas Map |
Map showing the seven character areas identified by the
survey of Launceston. |
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427kb |
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Character Area 1a Commercial Core – Medieval Dunheved |
This is the busy heart of Launceston, its historic and commercial core - the main shopping and tourist centre. The area has an intrinsic quality due in part to the high survival of historic buildings. (The history of Cornish buildings from medieval times to the present day can be traced within the confines of the original town walls.) Other elements of the area’s quality include the dynamic street pattern and the superior views. Such is the special character of this area that insensitive street design or inappropriate new development is particularly keenly felt. |
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760 kb |
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Character Area 1b Commercial Core – Early
Suburbs |
This area plays a crucial role in the civic
life of the town and still retains some importance commercially. Despite
some losses there is still a good survival of historic fabric in this area
– including some significant individual structures as well as charmingly
preserved groups of buildings. The original medieval street pattern adds to
the charm and historic integrity of the area. |
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641kb |
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Character Area 2 St Stephens |
The key significance of St Stephens lies in its status as the earliest settlement in Launceston - the remnants of which still survive in the street pattern and parts of the church fabric. The area has high archaeological potential as arguably the most important of the early Cornish towns. In addition to its early role the settlement remains of interest due to the high survival of historic buildings (nine listed buildings survive in Duke Street alone) and the lack of inappropriate modern intrusion within the historic core. The village is of further interest due to its development by the Werrington estate. |
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Character Area 3 Newport |
A medieval borough and market site with a number of surviving elements such as the market cross shaft and the open market place. Further late medieval elements still survive - the burgage plot gardens and some sixteenth century houses. Such early urban survivals are unusual in Cornwall. Newport is not a suburb of Launceston, but a significant historic settlement in its own right, and deserves special recognition and treatment. |
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500kb |
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Character Area 4a The Kensey Valley –
Medieval St Thomas |
This area is of great value for its
fascinating medieval history focused on St Thomas’ Priory. In addition
there are still surviving elements of its industrial and railway past all
located in a picturesque setting. St Thomas is beginning to evolve as a
recreational area and there is potential for this to be developed further
and to include its great historic and architectural elements. |
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452kb |
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Character Area 4b The Kensey Valley –
Industrial St Thomas |
This was part of the original industrial
heartland of Launceston. The area has been redeveloped as a modern
industrial estate and although many of its historic buildings have been
lost, particularly those associated with the railway, there are still a
number surviving which should be preserved. These buildings add variety and
historic interest to an otherwise rather utilitarian area. |
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477kb |
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Character Area 5a Later Suburbs – Planned
Later Development |
This is an area of middle-class housing set
amongst informal green spaces and the formal green areas of the
recreational and pleasure grounds. This area represents an important
leisure amenity for the town, and a generally well preserved example of
late nineteenth and early twentieth century town planning. |
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599kb |
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Character Area 5b Later Suburbs |
Speculative later development and Public Housing This area,
due to the survival of open green spaces, a number of small agricultural
buildings and the space left by the former cattle market, still retains an
informal character and the remnants of its recent undeveloped past. In
addition there is a strongly residential element with areas of early
twentieth century terraces and planned public housing. |
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941kb |
