Great Wheal Prosper China Clay Works

ROCHE SW 05 NW 6/206 Great lineal Prosper China Clay - Works II

China clay works. Late C19. Granite rubble and brick. The dry has slate roof with gable ends. Long rectangular china clay dry with chimney at the west end. There are the remains of the tanks to the south, and a railway branch line along the north side, formerly used for transporting the china clay. The dry is a long rectangular building, single storey, standing on a granite plinth, open-fronted, with C20 doors along the front. The chimney is at the west gable end, circular, about 4 metres diameter at the base. It is in granite rubble, tapered, with cast iron banding; the upper stage is in brick with cornice. To the south side, there are the remains of the tanks; these have granite rubble walls about 2 metres high, these to the east end still in use. There is a 2-storey C20 building between the eastern tanks and the dry. Along the north side of the dry, the remains of the railway track; this branch line would also have served the Carbis Brick and Tile Works adjacent to the west (q.v.). Sources: Cornwall Committee for Archaeology.

Listing NGR: SX0018359596