Gate Piers And Flanking Walls At Entrance To Former Gunpowder Works At Sw754377 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1988. A C19 Gate piers.

Gate Piers And Flanking Walls At Entrance To Former Gunpowder Works At Sw754377

WRENN ID
moated-footing-soot
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Country
England
Date first listed
24 November 1988
Type
Gate piers
Source
Historic England listing

Description

The entryfor: ST GLUVIAS

1532/1/108 COT HILL 24-NOV-88 PONSANOOTH GATE PIERS AND FLANKING WALLS AT ENTRA NCE TO FORMER GUNPOWDER WORKS AT SW754 377

GV II

Shall be replaced by:

SW 73 NE ST GLUVIAS COT HILL, Ponsanooth

1532/1/108 Gate-piers and flanking walls at entrance to former gunpowder works at SW754377

Gate-piers and flanking walls to former Kennal Vale Gunpowder Works. Late C19. Granite rubble with granite dressings. Wide gateway with piers and terminal piers integral with flanking walls. Gate-piers and terminal piers rise above the walls and are with ramped pyramidal caps. The walls slope down at either side of the terminal piers. Gateway partly blocked.

HISTORY: Kennal Vale is an exceptionally well-preserved gunpowder works which opened in 1812 and was extended in 1844. The house inside the gateway is shown on maps of 1840 and this entrance probably dates from the opening of the upper works in 1844.

Listing NGR: SW7542337689

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