Engine House at SW 434346, Greenburrow Mine is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1986. Engine house.
Engine House at SW 434346, Greenburrow Mine
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-flue-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1986
- Type
- Engine house
- Address
- Engine House at SW 434346, Greenburrow Mine, Madron
- OS grid reference
- SW 434 344
- Coordinates
- 50.15421, -5.59299
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Engine House at Greenburrow Mine is a grade II listed beam engine house, dating from the mid to late 19th century. It features a granite ashlar bob wall, with the rest constructed from granite rubble and granite dressings. The chimney has a brick upper stage and is positioned at the rear left corner of the rectangular plan. A dressed granite cylinder plinth remains in place, although the former pumping machinery, floors, and roof have been removed.
The structure stands three storeys high over a low basement. The front wall has a round-headed granite arched doorway in the middle, while the rear wall contains a round-headed doorway with a partly fallen brick arch and window openings on each floor above. The side walls have irregularly disposed openings and show evidence of a former extension on the left side. A moulded brick cornice adorns the tapered chimney.
This engine house is a significant monument to the tin-mining industry, having ceased operations in July 1877. It is one of the most prominent landmarks in West Cornwall, visible from Lanyon Quoit and serving as a navigational point for fishermen.
Local climate
Engine House at SW 434346, Greenburrow Mine sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. 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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