Chimney Approximately 10 Metres South of Stamps Engine House to Wheal Basset Mine is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Chimney.
Chimney Approximately 10 Metres South of Stamps Engine House to Wheal Basset Mine
- WRENN ID
- watchful-plinth-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Chimney
- OS grid reference
- SW 691 398
- Coordinates
- 50.21339, -5.23759
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chimney located approximately 10 metres south of the stamps engine house for Wheal Basset Mine, which is now derelict. It was likely built around 1868 and is constructed from uncoursed granite rubble with some brick. The chimney has a tapered cylindrical shape and lacks a cornice at the stone stage, with most of the brick upper stage now missing. It is part of a group of structures that are prominently situated on the northern slope of Carnmenellis.
Local climate
Chimney Approximately 10 Metres South of Stamps Engine House to Wheal Basset 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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- Winding Engine House to Lyle's Shaft at SW 688 401
- Buddle Floor of Dressing Plant to West Basset Stamps on North Wheal Basset Sett, at SW 687 401
- Calciner at West End of Buddle Floor of West Basset Stamps on North Wheal Basset Sett at SW 687 401
- Frue Vanner House to West Basset Stamps on North Wheal Basset Sett at SW 687 401