The Crowns Engine Houses is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1979. Engine house.

The Crowns Engine Houses

WRENN ID
knotted-zinc-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 March 1979
Type
Engine house
Address
The Crowns Engine Houses, St. Just
OS grid reference
SW 362 335
Coordinates
50.14308, -5.69301
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Crowns Engine Houses, built in the 19th century, are currently disused and have been since 1914. The structures are roofless and constructed of granite, situated dramatically on rocks at the foot of a cliff. They stand two to three storeys high, with the lower level featuring a circular internal flue made of granite, while the upper stage is built of brick. The openings in the buildings have both granite and timber lintels. Notably, part of one wall of the lower engine house has collapsed.

Local climate

The Crowns Engine Houses sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It averages fewer than one freeze-thaw cycle a year. 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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