Detached Chimney at SW 598263, Trewavas Mine is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1987. A C19 Industrial.

Detached Chimney at SW 598263, Trewavas Mine

WRENN ID
buried-dormer-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 August 1987
Type
Industrial
Address
Detached Chimney at SW 598263, Trewavas Mine, Breage
OS grid reference
SW 599 265
Coordinates
50.09017, -5.35795
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The detached chimney at Trewavas Mine, dating from around 1840, served the beam engine house. It is constructed of granite rubble and is round in plan, consisting of a single stage. The chimney is located on the top of the cliff above the engine house at Old Shaft. Remains of the inclined flue that connected to the chimney can still be seen. Wheal Trewavas was a copper mine that operated from approximately 1834 to 1846. This chimney replaced the original chimney, of which the base can still be found halfway up the cliff near the engine house.

Local climate

Detached Chimney at SW 598263, Trewavas Mine receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% 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, 1 follows 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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