Pump Engine House to Chappel's Shaft of Old Cook's Kitchen Mine at SW 664 405
PUMP ENGINE HOUSE TO CHAPPEL'S SHAFT OF OLD COOK'S KITCHEN MINE AT SW 664 405, TINCROFT ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1328162
- Date first listed:
- 12-Sept-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Pump Engine House to Chappel's Shaft of Old Cook's Kitchen Mine at SW 664 405
- Statutory Address:
- PUMP ENGINE HOUSE TO CHAPPEL'S SHAFT OF OLD COOK'S KITCHEN MINE AT SW 664 405, TINCROFT ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1328162
- Date first listed:
- 12-Sept-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Pump Engine House to Chappel's Shaft of Old Cook's Kitchen Mine at SW 664 405
- Statutory Address 1:
- PUMP ENGINE HOUSE TO CHAPPEL'S SHAFT OF OLD COOK'S KITCHEN MINE AT SW 664 405, TINCROFT ROAD
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
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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:
- PUMP ENGINE HOUSE TO CHAPPEL'S SHAFT OF OLD COOK'S KITCHEN MINE AT SW 664 405, TINCROFT ROAD
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 66497 40602
Details
CARN BREA TINCROFT ROAD SW 64 SE (north side, off) 5/162 Pump engine house to Chappel's shaft of Old Cook's Kitchen Mine at SW 664 405
GV II Pump engine house to former copper and tin mine; now derelict. Probably early to mid C19. Uncoursed granite rubble with quoins, bob wall of dressed granite blocks; now roofless. Rectangular plan on north-south axis, with bob wall to south. Three stages; round-headed driver's window in bob wall, with granite voussoirs and keystone, various square-headed windows with wooden or granite lintels including larger window (or door) in rear wall, the masonry beneath it collapsed, and 2 small beam holes above this window; tie-plates and straps to front and rear walls. History: Cook's Kitchen mine was one of the earliest mines in the area, known to have been working for copper in early C18, and also one of the deepest (reaching 3000 feet), and most profitable; closed in 1913. Reference: J.Trounson Mining in Cornwall Volume One (1985). Forms prominent group with its detached chimney to the north and winding engine to the east (q.v.)
Listing NGR: SW6640040500
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 66718
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Trounson, J, Mining in Cornwall, (1980)
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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