Engine House at SW 512267, Wheal Sisters Mine is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Engine house.
Engine House at SW 512267, Wheal Sisters Mine
- WRENN ID
- small-paling-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Engine house
- Address
- Engine House at SW 512267, Wheal Sisters Mine, Ludgvan
- OS grid reference
- SW 513 367
- Coordinates
- 50.17805, -5.48468
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The engine house at Wheal Sisters Mine, located at SW 512267, is a Grade II listed building dating from the mid to late 19th century. It is constructed of granite rubble with granite dressings, featuring round brick arches over its openings and a brick upper stage on its round chimney. The building has a rectangular plan with a round stack at the south corner and a thicker bob wall on the northwest side. Originally, it had three floors, but the machinery floors and roof have been removed.
The exterior displays round-headed openings on all walls, with the bob wall featuring a central doorway. The rear gable end has three central openings, one for each floor, while the left-hand wall has two window openings and the right-hand wall has a doorway at ground level. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Engine House at SW 512267, Wheal Sisters 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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