Pump Engine House to Marriott's Shaft on South Wheal Frances Sett
PUMP ENGINE HOUSE TO MARRIOTT'S SHAFT ON SOUTH WHEAL FRANCES SETT
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1310501
- Date first listed:
- 12-Sept-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Pump Engine House to Marriott's Shaft on South Wheal Frances Sett
- Statutory Address:
- PUMP ENGINE HOUSE TO MARRIOTT'S SHAFT ON SOUTH WHEAL FRANCES SETT
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1310501
- Date first listed:
- 12-Sept-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Pump Engine House to Marriott's Shaft on South Wheal Frances Sett
- Statutory Address 1:
- PUMP ENGINE HOUSE TO MARRIOTT'S SHAFT ON SOUTH WHEAL FRANCES SETT
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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.
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:
- PUMP ENGINE HOUSE TO MARRIOTT'S SHAFT ON SOUTH WHEAL FRANCES SETT
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Carn Brea
- National Grid Reference:
- SW 68059 39375
Details
CARN BREA PIECE SW 63 NE 8/152 Pump engine house to Marriott's shaft on South Wheal Frances sett
GV II Pump engine house to former tin mine, now derelict. Late 1890's, for South Frances United Mine. Granite rubble with quoins, brick arches to openings; now roofless. Rectangular plan on north-south axis, with pump opening at south end, chimney attached at north-east corner. Two high storeys; the gabled front wall has a very large round-headed opening overlooking the former shaft (which is now capped with concrete), and a circular window in the apex of the gable above; the rear has a similar opening which was formerly a large window at 1st floor (the masonry beneath it having been removed) and a similar circular window above; the sides have round-headed windows at 1st floor. Slightly-tapered cylindrical chimney now lacking brick upper stage. Interior not accessible. History: built to replace former engine house destroyed by fire in 1895; contained inverted compound beam engine, said to have been the only one of its type to work in Cornwall, with beam operating beneath floor, pivoted within the house itself, and cylinders mounted on floor above, supported by massive interior buttresses. Part of one of the best equipped mines in Cornwall, closed in 1918. Reference: Marilyn Palmer & Peter Neaverson The Basset Mines, their History and Industrial Archaeology (1987); J.Trounson Mining in Cornwall Vol One (1985). Scheduled Ancient Monument No.953. Central element of very impressive group.
Listing NGR: SW6805939375
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 66700
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Trounson, J, Mining in Cornwall, (1980)
Palmer, M, Neaverson, P, British Mining in The Basset Mines their History and Industrial Archaeology, (1987)
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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