battery square penzance

A rare glance at Batten and Couch's properties at Battery Square Penzance. The Penzance Town Council brought this site for for a quarter of a million pounds on today's money in order to widen the road by the corner of battery and the new Wharf Road

IMPROVING THE SEA FRONT. PENZANCE CORPORATION PURCHASE BATTEN AND COUCH'S PROPERTY. For many years past it has been the aim of Penzance Town Council to improve the eastern end the Promenade, and the approach to quay from the Promenade, and particularly that narrow and dangerous bottle neck...