Remains Of Engine House, Holmbush Mine is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1989. Engine house.

Remains Of Engine House, Holmbush Mine

WRENN ID: salt-clay-rush
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Cornwall
Country: England
Date first listed: 11 May 1989
Type: Engine house
Source: Historic England listing

Description

STOKE CLIMSLAND STOKE ROAD SX 37 SE 8/195 Remains of Engine House - Holmbush Mine (west group)

GV II

Engine house, remains of. Early to mid-C19. Roughly coursed slate-stone with granite,purple and yellow brick dressings; now roofless. Rectangular plan aligned east-west 2 storeys with gable of east end now missing. Round-headed window on each floor to west gable end and rectangular openings to sides. Formed part of Holmbush Mine, first referred to as a lead mine in C17, later extracting copper and tin. Working ceased in 1854 but the mine later re-opened as part of Callington United Mines from 1888-92. A K Hamilton Jenkin, Mines and Miners of Cornwall Vol. XV, Calstock, Callington and Launceston (1976), pp 36-8.

Listing NGR: SX3572372021

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