Engine House at SW613310 Polrose Mines
ENGINE HOUSE AT SW613310 POLROSE MINES
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1328331
- Date first listed:
- 26-Aug-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Engine House at SW613310 Polrose Mines
- Statutory Address:
- ENGINE HOUSE AT SW613310 POLROSE MINES
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1328331
- Date first listed:
- 26-Aug-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Engine House at SW613310 Polrose Mines
- Statutory Address 1:
- ENGINE HOUSE AT SW613310 POLROSE MINES
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.
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:
- ENGINE HOUSE AT SW613310 POLROSE MINES
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Breage
- National Grid Reference:
- SW 61327 31007
Details
SW 613310 SW BREAGE
4/13 Engine house at SW613310 Polrose Mines
GV II
Disused beam engine house. Circa 1873. Granite rubble walls with dressed granite quoins; coursed dressed granite to bob wall, round-headed brick arches and some wooden lintels; round granite rubble chimney clasping north-east corner with moulded brick cornice/collar and tapered brick shaft with traces of cornice over. Plan: rectangular single cell house originally with 3 floors round chimney at north east corner; lower bob wall to south. North wall has large ground floor opening (boiler doorway) with small opening over, both round headed; gable above fallen, chimney adjoining at left with small flue opening at the bottom. South (bob) wall has large round-headed opening (plug doorway); the east and west walls each have 2 principal window openings irregularly disposed, all with round- headed brick arches except for the lintelled opening to the ground floor of the west wall. There are possibly remains of associated structures in the overgrown land adjoining, Except for the fallen north gable, the masonry of this engine house is virtually complete and the building stands in unspoiled open farmland. This engine house had a 40 inch cylinder pumping engine. When reworking started in 1880, the engine was still there (along with 2 others) and it apparently worked until abandonment in 1884. Source: Kenneth Brown, council member of the Trevithick Society.
Listing NGR: SW6132731007
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 65707
- 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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