Engine House with Detached Chimney at SE 950502 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1988. Engine house.

Engine House with Detached Chimney at SE 950502

WRENN ID
vast-gable-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Austell and Newquay MP: Noah Law (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 December 1988
Type
Engine house
Address
Engine House with Detached Chimney at SE 950502, St. Stephen-In-Brannel
OS grid reference
SW 950 552
Coordinates
50.36166, -4.88317
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is an engine house with a detached chimney, dating from the late 19th century. It is constructed of granite rubble and brick and currently has no roof. The engine house has a rectangular plan, with the front gable end facing north and a bob wall at the south gable end. The chimney is located about 20 meters to the northwest of the engine house.

The engine house is three stories tall, featuring a doorway on the ground floor and window openings on the first and second floors. There is a bob opening at the rear. The chimney has a circular plan and tapers as it rises, with the upper section made of brick and a cornice at the base of the brickwork.

Local climate

Engine House with Detached Chimney at SE 950502 receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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