Wheal Kitty Engine House (Sara'S Shaft) At Sw724512

ST AGNES WHEAL KITTY SW 75 SW 4/261 Wheal Kitty Engine House (Sara's - Shaft) at SW724512 GV II

Pumping/winding beam engine house, including associated structures including processing floors, all now disused. Circa mid-late C19. Slate killas walls. Brick arches over the principal openings, timber lintels over the other openings. Brick upper stage to chimney. Upper stage is stepped back. Plan: Rectangular plan engine house with round chimney clasping the rear left-hand corner. Associated dressing floors (possibly the most intact in Cornwall) nearby. Exterior: 3 storeys. Unaltered and virtually complete elevations. Front (bob) wall has central round-headed doorway. Rear gable end has large round-arched headed doorway. Rear gable end has large round-arched cylinder doorway and 2 round-arched window openings above. Right-hand (nearside) wall has 2 round-headed windows to ground floor and similar openings midway to each upper floor. Left-hand (offside) wall has round-headed doorway on the right and 3 small openings. Interior: Not inspected. Source: Sharpe, Adam and Smith, John. Engine Houses in St Agnes Parish. (Cornwall Archaeological Unit survey for Carrick District Council.

Listing NGR: SW7240051200