Engine House at Approx 50m West of Wheal Bush Farmhouse,Killifreth Mine. is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1967. Engine house.
Engine House at Approx 50m West of Wheal Bush Farmhouse,Killifreth Mine.
- WRENN ID
- outer-string-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 May 1967
- Type
- Engine house
- OS grid reference
- SW 736 435
- Coordinates
- 50.24866, -5.17651
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The engine house located approximately 50 meters west of Wheal Bush Farmhouse at Killifreth Mine is a ruin dating from the mid to late 19th century. It is primarily constructed from killas rubble, featuring granite quoins, jambstones, and bonding stones, with dressed coursed granite facing on the southeast wall. A round, two-stage chimney is positioned at the north corner, which has round brick arches over its openings and a brick upper stage. The building originally had a gable-ended roof but is now roofless and floorless. It has a rectangular single-cell plan, with a thicker bob wall to the southeast and the round chimney adjoining the north corner. Originally, the structure was three storeys high, and the walls remain mostly intact, except for a framed and weather-boarded wall and gable end over the bob wall. The first and second floors on the northwest side still show the outer frames of the original windows. A brick collar divides the stages of the chimney. This engine house was likely used for operating a whim and is part of the Unity Wood and Killifreth Mines, which were reopened in 1865.
Local climate
Engine House at Approx 50m West of Wheal Bush Farmhouse,Killifreth Mine. receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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