16-18 Chapel Street
Location/Address
16-18 Chapel Street, Redruth
Type
Description
Commercial terrace - shops and houses, part on site of cock-pit. Buildings themselves, according to OS map evidence, date to between 1878-1908, and have been identified as a Building at Risk.
According to the HER record (18055), the Tithe Map shows a "cockpit" at this location, and the Redruth churchwarden's accounts for 1798 refer to "robt. Sellar for cockpit premises".
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a cockpit was...
"A place of entertainment common in later medieval and post‐medieval times comprising a small round arena in which cockfights were held, surrounded by a viewing area for spectators. Some examples are covered by a building, but as earthworks cockpits are usually circular depressions up to 40 m in diameter and 2–3 m deep. In Britain the sport was made illegal in AD 1849"
Included in the Redruth Neighbourhood Plan consultation list of Non-Designated Assets for Protection.
Statement of Significance
Asset type
Shops & Houses, CockpitAge
Post MedievalRarity
The cockpit, if any of it remains, would be a rare survivor.Historic Interest
The location of the buildings on the site of an earlier cockpit gives them added historical interest.Archaeological Interest
There may remains of the earlier cockpit within or below the existing buildings.
Date Listed
n/a
Last Updated
22 Nov 2021
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