Former Winding Engine House To Williams Shaft, Dolcoath Mine

CAMBORNE CARN ENTRAL SW 63 NE 8/24 Former winding engine house to Williams Shaft, Dolcoath Mine II Winding engine house built for a Holman horizontal winder which traversed. Probably c.1900; for Dolcoath Mine; now derelict and roofless. Snecked granite with ashlar dressings. Rectangular single-cell plan on NE-SW axis. High single storey raised on a large surface basement; the 3-bay north- west front (facing the former shaft) is symmetrical, with a continuous weathered offset to the basement (which carries round the whole), a large rectangular cable aperture in the centre above this, and a large vertical- rectangular window opening to each side. The south-west gable wall has a round-headed doorway to the basement, with a keystone, a small window to the right, 2 large window openings above, a weathered band to the gable and a small window in the apex; the north-east gable wall is similar but the basement doorway is damaged; both gables now lack their former coping. Interior: the long walls have stumps of closely-spaced steel corbels to former floorbeams. History: the traversing operation of the former engine, necessary to keep the cable in line with the wheel at the shaft head, is said to have been historically unique; and at the time of its construction Dolcoath was one of the world's greatest tin mines.

Listing NGR: SW6614339911