Serpentine Factory is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1975. Factory. 1 related planning application.
Serpentine Factory
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-ember-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1975
- Type
- Factory
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
GRADE-RUAN POLTESCO SW 71 NW 6/47 Serpentine Factory, Carleon Cove 20 5 75 GV II
Show room and storehouse for serpentine factory now empty. Datestone in gable LSOL over 1866. Snecked serpentine blocks with scantle slate roof and clay ridge tiles. Built into bedrock with ground rising to north. South elevation: 3 storeys, symmetrical, gable ended. Ground, first and second floor openings under wide segmental arches with small rusticated keystones. C20 vertical timber boarding in openings. Datestone below gable. North elevation: one storey, symmetrical, gable ended with wide brick segmental arched opening in centre. Ruins of other earlier factory buildings to the west with quay to the south where flat bottom barges were loaded with serpentine chimney pieces and other architectural details worked at the factory. Factory ceased to operate in the early 1890s.
Listing NGR: SW7270615672
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