Planning Submitted for Basset Community Hub

The project aims to restore, repair and re-purpose both buildings to host a variety of community based activities.

The site is located on the western side of Basset Road approximately mid-way between the junction with Commercial Street at the northern end and South Terrace at the southern end. The site lies within the Historic Town Centre Boundary.

The proposed design incorporates the existing Basset Centre and neighbouring White House. Both are Grade II Listed.

A new flexible engagement space is proposed to the rear of the White House and a new central atrium connects all the buildings, incorporating a café, foyer, heritage exhibition experience including a new permanent home for the Trevithick Society’s Puffing Devil replica engine and a walled garden for community use.

Combining the Basset Centre and neighbouring White House sites within a single project ensures the long term future of the two important listed buildings that form an integral part of the town’s street-scape and heritage.

The Basset Centre will incorporate an expanded Town Library, sensory library garden, youth provision, meeting spaces and flexible bookable rooms and rehearsal spaces.

The White House will host a new Cafe with back kitchen alongside office/co-working opportunities on the first floor.

The project is supported with funding from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUH&C) Town Fund, Cornwall Council (CC) matched funding.

The scheme will deliver a valuable new civic facility within Camborne, serving the local community and helping to sustain the wider Town Centre economy.