Wheal Langford is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1985. Engine house. 4 related planning applications.
Wheal Langford
- WRENN ID
- woven-solder-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1985
- Type
- Engine house
- Address
- Wheal Langford, Callington, PL17 8AN
- OS grid reference
- SX 382 695
- Coordinates
- 50.50353, -4.28188
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an engine house associated with Wheal Langford, a silver and copper mine. It dates from the early to mid-18th century. The building is constructed of rubblestone with brick round arches. The gable ends face west. The roof has been removed.
The west front rises over three stories. The ground floor features a wide entrance with double timber doors and a corrugated iron tympanum, set beneath a round brick arch. Brick arches frame the first and second-floor openings. A corrugated lean-to garage has been added to the south facade, positioned below a round arched opening. A stone tapering chimney stack is continued in brick, topped with a moulded brick cornice.
There is an earlier engine house to the south, currently much overgrown with foliage.
The mine, originally known as Wheal St. Vincent and later Wheal David, was reopened under the name Wheal Langford in 1848. Mining operations continued until 1856 when machinery, including a 64-inch pumping engine, a 12.5-inch rotary, and two horse-whims, was offered for sale. Further trials were conducted at the site as New Langford in 1884-6.
Local climate
Wheal Langford sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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