Engine House at SW 442347 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Engine house.
Engine House at SW 442347
- WRENN ID
- wild-pinnacle-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Engine house
- Address
- Engine House at SW 442347, Madron
- OS grid reference
- SW 443 348
- Coordinates
- 50.15805, -5.58025
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The engine house located at SW 442347 is a Grade II listed building from the mid 19th century. It features a dressed granite bob wall, while the rest of the structure is made of granite rubble with granite dressings. The building has a rectangular plan and includes a round chimney that is positioned at the rear left corner. Although the original pumping machinery, floors, and roof have been removed, the exterior remains notable. It stands two storeys high above a basement plinth. The front wall has a round-headed granite arch in the middle, and the rear wall features a tall round-headed brick arch above a large boiler doorway, with a window opening situated above it. There is also a doorway on the left-hand wall and a window opening on the opposite right-hand wall.
Local climate
Engine House at SW 442347 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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