Civic building crumbling away 23/09/10
St. Johns Hall in Penzance and the Guildhall in St. Ives are being allowed to crumbe to the point that they will be ripe to sell off.
Two of West Cornwall’s most important civic buildings are being allowed to crumble away to the point that they will be ripe for selling off, it has been claimed.
St John’s Hall in Penzance and St Ives’ Guildhall are both owned by Cornwall Council, which has stated it wants to reduce the number of buildings it owns in the county from 78 to 30.
The management of St John’s Hall is becoming “farcical”, according to Penzance’s town clerk, while in St Ives the organisers of the hugely popular September Festival claim they cannot get written assurances that the Guildhall will be available for next year.
St John’s Hall – the largest all granite building in the UK – housed Monday evening’s town council meeting when a catalogue of ongoing problems were highlighted.
● The boiler providing the heating in the building had broken down with no sign that it was due to be repaired before winter;
● A leaking roof had resulted in the closing off of the dance studio;
● Caretaker cover had been cut back;
● Only half the lights worked in the council chamber.
Town clerk Simon Glasson said: “Cornwall Council seems to be leaving the building to get into such a state that it is ripe for selling off. The management of the building is so mixed up that it is becoming farcical.”
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