Winding Engine House to Smiths Shaft of West Frances Mine at SW 672 391 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Engine house.
Winding Engine House to Smiths Shaft of West Frances Mine at SW 672 391
- WRENN ID
- muted-joist-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Engine house
- Address
- Winding Engine House to Smiths Shaft of West Frances Mine at SW 672 391, Carn Brea
- OS grid reference
- SW 672 391
- Coordinates
- 50.20614, -5.26378
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The winding engine house to Smith's Shaft of West Frances Mine is a derelict structure from the late 19th century, located in Carn Brea, Treskillard. It is built from uncoursed killas rubble with granite quoins and features a bob wall made of large dressed granite blocks. The window arches are constructed from brick, and the chimney has a brick upper stage. The building has a rectangular plan oriented on a north-east/south-west axis, with the bob wall positioned to the north-east and the chimney attached at the south-west corner.
This small building consists of two stages and includes round-headed openings, such as a driver's window in the bob wall and a damaged window in the west side wall. The tapered cylindrical chimney is intact and lacks a cornice between the stone and brick stages. Historically, it is believed that the engine house also operated stamps. Although the site is now isolated, it serves as a visual link among the remaining engine houses along the Great Flat Lode, marking its significance in the mining history of the area.
Local climate
Winding Engine House to Smiths Shaft of West Frances Mine at SW 672 391 receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% 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 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°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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