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| Cornish: Tregorlann | |
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Poundstock
Poundstock shown within Cornwall |
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| Population | 805 (Civil Parish, 2001) |
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| OS grid reference | SX 202 995 |
| Parish | Poundstock |
| Unitary authority | Cornwall |
| Ceremonial county | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BUDE |
| Postcode district | EX23 |
| Dialling code | 01288 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | North Cornwall |
| List of places: UK • England • Cornwall | |
Poundstock (Cornish: Tregorlann) is a civil parish and a hamlet on the north coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The hamlet is situated four miles (6.5 km) south of Bude half-a-mile west of the A39 trunk road about one mile from the coast.[1]
Poundstock civil parish is in the Registration District of Stratton. It is bounded to the west by the Atlantic Ocean; to the north by Marhamchurch parish, to the east by Week St Mary parish, and to the south by the parishes of Jacobstow and St Gennys. The population of the parish in the 2001 census was 805.
The parish church of St Winwaloe is at grid reference SX 202 994 in Poundstock hamlet and its battlemented tower houses a ring of six bells, rehung in 2000. Next to the church, Poundstock Gildhouse is a well-preserved late medieval church house, the only surviving one of its kind in Cornwall. It has been used continuously since it was built and is a Grade I listed building.
A free community magazine, The Poundstock Packet, is produced every two months and distributed to every household in the parish.
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This relatively new cinema, four and a half miles south of the town of Bude (at the village of Poundstock), and situated just off the Atlantic Highway, opened on the 11th August 1988. It was built and designed by a film producer, Mervyn Collard[2] (who produced actor David Jason's first film, White Cargo. Mervyn died in 2004) and his family. Originally, the cinema site was a garden centre and café, but the Collard family purchased it in 1986 to convert it into a cinema, as the nearest cinema to Bude was over 30 miles away in Wadebridge.
Work started on the rebuild at the end of 1987, and Westar 7000s projectors were installed, along with the carpets and seats and other fittings. The projectors were moved from the former Strand Cinema in Bideford, Devon. The architect was Martin Back.
The building frontage is in mock Greek style with a classical pediment, and two columns. The opening night film was a charity screening of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Some changes have been made since opening, including the projectors now replaced with Cinemeccanica Victoria 9’s, and the ticket office and foyer have been modified.[3]
The Rebel ceased operating in August 2007 but is due to reopen on 12 August 2011.[4]
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