Fowey Consols Engine House (Approximately 400 Yards South West of Pelean Farmhouse) is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1972. Engine house.
Fowey Consols Engine House (Approximately 400 Yards South West of Pelean Farmhouse)
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-timber-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Austell and Newquay MP: Noah Law (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 March 1972
- Type
- Engine house
- OS grid reference
- SX 082 560
- Coordinates
- 50.37316, -4.69823
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fowey Consols Engine House, located approximately 400 yards southwest of Pelean Farmhouse, is a 19th-century structure associated with the Fowey Consols tin mine. This building housed "Austin's" engine, known for being the most efficient Cornish engine, which led to its widespread adoption beyond Cornwall. The engine house features rubble walls with granite quoins and flat-headed openings that have timber lintels. All four walls are still standing, with a gable head at the end wall, although the building is now roofless and partly covered in ivy. It occupies a prominent position on high ground.
Local climate
Fowey Consols Engine House (Approximately 400 Yards South West of Pelean Farmhouse) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% 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 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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