More than just a co-working office, Bayspace St Ives recently opened its doors with ambitions to anchor inclusive economic growth for the town.  Conceived as an enterprise hub to address precarity in the local seasonal economy, Bayspace delivers support through services, partnerships, training, facility-hire and portfolio projects.  On top of that, it’s a delightful place to work, offering memberships and rentals in a sensitively restored, fully accessible Grade II listed building, framing dramatic views across St Ives harbour.  Accessible and welcoming for all users, the facility provides approximately 5000 sq.ft of flexible multi-use, accessible space including offices, an on-site café, events space, harbour-view terrace, meeting rooms, and ancillary accommodation.

Bayspace (originally Terrace House) was built in 1820 as a Constituency Gentleman’s Residence and trading base for St Ives MP, Mayor, Town Clerk, Alderman, Solicitor, Adventurer and Mine Entrepreneur), James Halse.  An industrious and reforming politician, Halse was one of a handful of the ‘great and the good’ in West Cornwall.  The restoration of his former home and office as a community-owned and led enterprise hub, transforms his legacy into a powerfully positive, nucleus of social impact.