Chimney of East Wheal Rose Mine is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1988. Chimney.

Chimney of East Wheal Rose Mine

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 1988
Type
Chimney
Address
Chimney of East Wheal Rose Mine, Metha Road, St. Newlyn East
OS grid reference
SW 838 558
Coordinates
50.36242, -5.04022
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The chimney of the East Wheal Rose Mine, located north of the shaft known as Silver-Land, was built in 1881. It is constructed from uncoursed killas stone and brick and stands freestanding, approximately 53 meters east of the Engine House. The chimney has a base diameter of about 90 centimeters and rises to a height of 30 meters (100 feet) to match the cylinder. At ground level, it features two opposed arched openings that are dressed with buff brick. The structure tapers as it rises, with the upper section consisting of approximately 64 courses of brick, followed by an additional 15 courses of spaced corbels, and capped with 8 battered courses at the top. There are paired putlog and drain holes in the shaft. The chimney is connected underground by arched flues that pass the boilers to the engine house.

Local climate

Chimney of East Wheal Rose Mine receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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