Calciner Immediately North Of The Stamps House

ST AGNES WHEAL COATES SW 75 SW 4/257 Calciner immediately north of The - Stamps House GV II

Arsenic calciner at Wheal Coates Mine, disused. Circa mid-late C19. Slate killas rubble. Timber lintels. Roofless. Gable ends surviving. Plan: Rectangular plan of 2 rooms on 2 levels. The higher side room has a complex of former furnaces. Exterior: Single storey. Walls survive to the original height, including the 3-gable ends. South (front) wall has window opening on the left, 2 furnace doorway low down on the right and a doorway midway above. Rear wall has 2 furnace doorways low down on the left and a doorway on the right. Left-hand gable end has window on the left. Right-hand gable end has doorway towards the left. Interior: has much of the structural remains of its original use including 4 unroofed furnace chambers in the right hand room. There is a niche in the left-hand wall of the other room. Source: Sharpe, Adam and Smith, John. Engine Houses in St Agnes Parish. (Cornwall Archaeological Unit survey for Carrick District Council.

Listing NGR: SW6993450084