Description

ST AGNES WHEAL ROSE
SW 74 NW
7/265 Wheal Rose Engine House
- (at SW717450)
GV II

Beam engine house at Wheal Rose Mine, disused. Circa mid-late C19. Granite and
killas rubble with granite dressings. Brick arches over the openings, brick to upper
stage of chimneys, roofless.
Plan: Rectangular plan with round chimney clasping the rear left-hand corner. No
surviving wooden floors, roof structure, or machinery.
Exterior: 2 storeys over basement. Virtually complete and unaltered elevations.
Front (bob) wall has central round-headed doorway over basement opening. Rear gable
end has wide cylinder doorway, spanned by timber lintel with relieving arch, with
round-headed window over. Right-hand (nearside) wall has 2 ground floor openings and
central first floor opening. Left-hand (offside) wall has small doorway on the right
and first floor window opening towards the right. Chimney has stepped collar between
the stages and similar collar at the top.
Interior: see plan.
Source: Sharpe, Adam and Smith, John. Engine Houses in St Agnes Parish. (Cornwall
Archaeological Unit survey for Carrick District Council.

Listing NGR: SW7171445024

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26439580

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