Building And Adjoining Yard Wall At Approximately 70 Metres North West Of Windlass

Date:
8 Jul 2006
Location:
Building And Adjoining Yard Wall At Approximately 70 Metres North West Of Windlass, St Levan, Penwith, Cornwall
Reference:
IOE01/15787/06
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

ST LEVAN PENBERTH COVE SW 42 SW 8/195 Building and adjoining yard wall - at approximately 70 metres north west of Windlass GV II Fish cellars (for pressing pilchards) now a store. Circa early-mid C19. Granite rubble with roughly-hewn dressings including granite monolithic piers carrying the open front.

Plan: Long rectangular plan with 7-bay open front facing-north east and wide doorway with loading hatch over at the left-hand end.

Exterior: Long low open south east front with wall plate of roof carried on 6 regularly spaced granite monolithic piers.

Interior has overhanging ledge to its rear wall under which the cantelever pressing beams were stopped. Wooden floor at right-hand end.

Cobbled yard in front has high rubble walls to its front and sides.

Listing NGR: SW4020222749

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/0480 IOE Records taken by Ivor Corkell; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Ivor Corkell. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Corkell, Ivor

Rights Holder: Corkell, Ivor

Keywords

Granite, Rubble, Georgian Wall, Victorian Monument (By Form), Barrier, Fish Cellar, Agriculture And Subsistence, Food And Drink Processing Site, Agricultural Building, Industrial, Food Preserving Site, Food And Drink Industry Site, Yard, Unassigned, Storehouse, Building