Engine House Chimney at Approximately 50m East of Read's Shaft is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 1985. Chimney.
Engine House Chimney at Approximately 50m East of Read's Shaft
- WRENN ID
- fallen-pavement-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 November 1985
- Type
- Chimney
- OS grid reference
- SW 726 446
- Coordinates
- 50.2579, -5.19066
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The engine house chimney, located approximately 50 meters east of Read's Shaft in Chacewater, is a Grade II listed structure dating from the late 19th century. It is constructed of killas rubble and brick. Originally, it featured a rectangular single-cell plan with a chimney at the northeast corner, but now only the chimney and some attached walling remain. The chimney consists of rubble in the lower stage and brick in the upper stage, separated by a corbelled brick collar. This structure is included in the listing for its group value.
Great Wheal Busy, the mine associated with this chimney, is historically significant, having been operational since 1823 under the name 'Chacewater Mines' and later as 'Great Wheal Busy' from 1856. In 1865, it was noted for having a pumping engine, stamping engine, winding engine, and crushing engine. Information is sourced from "The Mines of Cornwall" by Thomas Spargo.
Local climate
Engine House Chimney at Approximately 50m East of Read's Shaft receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% 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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