Engine House Chimney

SW 72 NW CONSTANTINE WHEAL VYVYAN DISUSED MINE

8/119 Engine house chimney

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Mine engine house chimney. Circa early to mid C19 probably from 1827 to 1850. Granite rubble with red brick top stage. Tall and complete chimney circular on plan and tapered. The lower stage of the chimney is granite rubble with a rectangular opening at the base. The red brick top stage has a moulded brick collar and cornice. The engine house which was originally attached on the west side has been demolished. Wheal Vyvyan was a tin and copper mine named after Sir Richard Vyvyan who owned the land. The mine began to work in 1827. The most productive period was from 1827 to 1850 when four shafts were sunk. The mine ceased working in 1864, but in that short period the mine was responsible for the considerable growth of the village of Constantine from what was formerly only a small hamlet. The chimney is unusually complete and it is conspicuously situated overlooking the village of Constantine. Source: Charles Henderson, A History of the Parish of Constantine in Cornwall, pp. 227.

Listing NGR: SW7305529370