Engine House At Sw691479 (Wheal Lushington)

ST AGNES PORTHTOWAN SW 74 NW 7/191 Engine house at SW691479 (Wheal - Lushington) GV II

Pumping beam engine house, now used as a cafe with living accommodation above. Circa early 1870s. Painted rubble walls. Brick arches over most of the openings. Round rubble stack (truncated) clasping rear left-hand corner. Corrugated asbestos roof with gable ends. Plan: Rectangular plan engine house with round external chimney clasping rear left- hand corner. Machinery intended for pumping (via adit in side of hill) never installed. Exterior: 2 storeys over cataract-pit basement. Original openings to all elevations. Front (bob) wall has central round-headed doorway and round-headed window rising into gable above. Right-hand (nearside) wall has 2 round-headed windows to each floor. Left-hand (off-side) wall has window opening spanned by timber lintel ground floor right. Rear wall has round-headed doorway (with a later extension) and round-headed window above. C20 doors and windows. Part of Wheal Towan Mine. Interior not inspected. Source: Sharpe, Adam and Smith, John. Engine Houses in St Agnes Parish. (Cornwall Archaeological Unit survey for Carrick District Council.

Listing NGR: SW6910047900