Frue Vanner House to West Basset Stamps on North Wheal Basset Sett at SW 687 401 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. A C20 Industrial building.
Frue Vanner House to West Basset Stamps on North Wheal Basset Sett at SW 687 401
- WRENN ID
- moated-belfry-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Industrial building
- Address
- Frue Vanner House to West Basset Stamps on North Wheal Basset Sett at SW 687 401, Carn Brea
- OS grid reference
- SW 687 402
- Coordinates
- 50.21663, -5.24238
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Frue Vanner House is located at the tin ore dressing plant of the former West Basset Mine and is now derelict. It was built between 1901 and 1902 using killas rubble with granite quoins, and it is currently roofless. The building is long and rectangular, aligned on a north-east/south-west axis, parallel to the former stamps on the north-west side and overlooking the dressing floor on the south-east side. In the center of the south-east side, there is a small projecting engine house.
The structure is a single storey with 11 bays and has a symmetrical design. It features a gabled engine house at the center of the south-east side, large round-headed windows (most of which now have broken heads), and symmetrical 3-bay gable walls. The central doorway is flanked by windows, with a third window located above the door, although the west gable wall is damaged.
Historically, this building was constructed on top of six former buddles to accommodate 20 Frue vanner machines, as part of general improvements to West Basset Mines during a period of prosperity. It is now considered the most impressive structure on the site.
Local climate
Frue Vanner House to West Basset Stamps on North Wheal Basset Sett at SW 687 401 receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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