Glume Stove House And Associated Structures At Approximately 40 Metres West Of Kennal Vale House

SW 73 NE STITHIANS KENNAL VALE, Ponsanooth

3/271 Glume Stove house and associated - structures at approximately 40 metres west of Kennal Vale House

GV II

Glume stove buildings including chimney, boiler house,drying house and associated structures. 1812. Killas and granite rubble with granite dressings. Plan: Complete round chimney at right hand (east) end adjoining square-on-plan probably boiler house which adjoins larger probably drying house, both roofless and partly ruinous. The buildings are situated on the steep slope of the Kennal Valley and there is a walled platform in front. Exterior: Single storey. Left-hand building has part of the front wall missing but has the jambs of former openings; right-hand building is set back from the front and has a doorway left of middle. There is another doorway in the right-hand return wall where it adjoins a tapered rubble stack. High retaining wall to terrace in front with access from wide doorwsay in high wall at far left. This building was used to dry pellets of gunpowder in preparation for storage. It is probably the most complete example of its type in the south and west of England. Source: The Cornwall Archaeoligical Unit, Old County Hall, Truro.

Listing NGR: SW7519237562