Octagonal Ventilation Shaft About 140 Metres South of Canonteign Barton
OCTAGONAL VENTILATION SHAFT ABOUT 140 METRES SOUTH OF CANONTEIGN BARTON
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1097835
- Date first listed:
- 09-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Octagonal Ventilation Shaft About 140 Metres South of Canonteign Barton
- Statutory Address:
- OCTAGONAL VENTILATION SHAFT ABOUT 140 METRES SOUTH OF CANONTEIGN BARTON
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1097835
- Date first listed:
- 09-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Octagonal Ventilation Shaft About 140 Metres South of Canonteign Barton
- Statutory Address 1:
- OCTAGONAL VENTILATION SHAFT ABOUT 140 METRES SOUTH OF CANONTEIGN BARTON
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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- OCTAGONAL VENTILATION SHAFT ABOUT 140 METRES SOUTH OF CANONTEIGN BARTON
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- Teignbridge (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Christow
- National Park:
- Dartmoor
- National Grid Reference:
- SX8373783005
Details
CHRISTOW
SX 88 SW
5/72 Octagonal ventilation shaft about
140 metres south of Canonteign
Barton
GV II
Octagonal ventilation shaft at Wheal Exmouth lead and barytes mine. 1853. Stone
rubble with granite ashlar quoins. Tall tapering octagonal shaft, battered at the
base and incomplete at the top in an unusually ornamental style to match the adjacent
engine house. Wheal Exmouth, operating from the 1850s to 1880 employed 70
underground workers in 1863. The site of the mine was visible from Canonteign House
(q.v.), the Exmouth seat built in 1828 but later screened from it by tree planting.
The ornate style was presumably employed for the sake of the view from Canonteign
House.
Listing NGR: SX8373783005
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 85591
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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