Dry Approximately 50 Metres South-East of Pump Engine House to Mariott's Shaft on South Wheal Basset Sett is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Miners' changing room.

Dry Approximately 50 Metres South-East of Pump Engine House to Mariott's Shaft on South Wheal Basset Sett

WRENN ID
silver-eave-clover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Miners' changing room
OS grid reference
SW 681 393
Coordinates
50.20849, -5.25135
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is a miners' changing room, or "dry," located approximately 50 metres south-east of the pump engine house to Marriott's shaft on the South Wheal Basset sett. It was constructed in 1908 for Basset Mines Ltd. and is now derelict and in a very dilapidated state. The structure is made of uncoursed rubble with granite quoins and features brick arches over its openings, though it is currently roofless. The building has a large rectangular plan oriented on an east-west axis, with a short wing on the south side. It is a single storey, but the right-hand end of the front wall has collapsed, and several of the remaining front windows are damaged. The original doorway is no longer detectable. When it was built as new changing rooms during improvements to the mine, it was noted to be "second to none in the county." This building is part of a significant group of remains from one of the best-equipped mines in Cornwall, which closed in 1918, and is included for its group value.

Local climate

Dry Approximately 50 Metres South-East of Pump Engine House to Mariott's Shaft on South Wheal Basset Sett receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow 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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