West Rosedown Mine Pair of Engine Houses and 3 Chimneys at SX 277 717
WEST ROSEDOWN MINE PAIR OF ENGINE HOUSES AND 3 CHIMNEYS AT SX 277 717
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1329194
- Date first listed:
- 05-Nov-1987
- List Entry Name:
- West Rosedown Mine Pair of Engine Houses and 3 Chimneys at SX 277 717
- Statutory Address:
- WEST ROSEDOWN MINE PAIR OF ENGINE HOUSES AND 3 CHIMNEYS AT SX 277 717
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1329194
- Date first listed:
- 05-Nov-1987
- List Entry Name:
- West Rosedown Mine Pair of Engine Houses and 3 Chimneys at SX 277 717
- Statutory Address 1:
- WEST ROSEDOWN MINE PAIR OF ENGINE HOUSES AND 3 CHIMNEYS AT SX 277 717
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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:
- WEST ROSEDOWN MINE PAIR OF ENGINE HOUSES AND 3 CHIMNEYS AT SX 277 717
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Linkinhorne
- National Grid Reference:
- SX2775071677
Details
LINKINHORNE
SX 27 SE
6/31 West Rosedown Mine pair of engine
- houses and 3 chimneys at SX 277 717
GV II
Pair of engine houses and 3 chimneys. Circa 1870. Slatestone rubble with brick
dressings.
Plan: Engine house to north with chimney to south west; engine house to south with
chimney to south west. One further chimney about midway between the two engine
houses.
Northern engine house in slatestone rubble on granite plinth with granite quoins;
gable end to front and rear with a chimney about 20 metres from the rear gable end.
The chimney is circular, tapered, with the remains of a further rectangular building
attached to east. The front a gable end has a round-arched bob opening with granite
voussoirs. Right side has window opening with granite jambs and voussoirs. Rear
gable end has wide round arch at ground floor with granite voussoirs and 2 window
openings above the flat granite lintels.
Southern engine house has gable end front to north; bob opening with flat timber
lintel; to the front 3 granite walls forming 2 trenches. The rear gable end has
window opening at all 3 levels. Left side has door at ground floor and window above.
Right side also has door, wall partially collapsed. The chimney is about 10 metres
to south west, circular, tapered, with brick top.
West Rosedown Mine was owned and worked by the Marke Valley adventurers from 1858
onwards. This sett had originally been worked as part of the old Wheal Jenkin in the
1830s by Cornwall Great United. At West Rosedown hopes were entertained of finding
tin in depth and a 60 inch engine was erected in 1862 to sink the mine. Production
declined and in 1883 it was decided to sell off all the underground and surface
machinery on the old copper part of the sett.
Sources: Barton, D.B.: A Historical Survey of the Mines and Mineral Railways of East
Cornwall and West Devon 1964.
Listing NGR: SX2775071677
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 62168
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Barton, D B, A Historical Survey of the Mines and Mineral Railways of East Cornwall and West Devon, (1964)
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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