Compresor House And Chimney Opposite Technical College Site

CAMBORNE DOLCOATH ROAD SW 64 SE (south side) Tuckingmill 5/48 Compressor house and chimney opposite Technical College site 7.4.83 GV II Compressor house and associated chimney stack, on site of New Sump Shaft of former Dolcoath Mine. Probably late C19; altered. The compressor house is of slobbered killas rubble with granite quoins and brick arches to the openings, and scantle slate roof; the chimney of uncoursed granite rubble with a short top stage of brick. The compressor house is a rectangular single cell; the symmetrical facade has a wide round-headed doorway flanked by tall round-headed windows, all with quoined jambs and keyed brick heads, and an oculus above the doorway with keyed brick surround; the side walls have 2 similar windows (boarded at time of survey, 1988). Hipped roof with cockscomb tiles on the short ridge. A low sloped extension at the back links to the west side of the chimney stack, which is of tapered cylindrical form, with a short set-back brick stage finished with a simple moulded cornice. History: New Sump Shaft was Cornwall's deepest and richest tin mine, dating from at least as early as 1815, and eventually reaching a depth of 3000 feet. Reference: J.Trounson Mining in Cornwall Vol.One (1980).

Listing NGR: SW6598440384