ENGINE HOUSE AT SW70234698

ST AGNES WHEAL ELLEN SW 74 NW 7/258 Engine house at SW70234698 - GV II

Pumping beam engine house at Wheal Ellen Mine, disused. Circa mid C19. Granite and slate killas rubble with granite dressings. Brick to upper part of chimney. Brick arches and timber lintels. Plan: Rectanglar plan engine house with round chimney clasping the rear left-hand corner. No surviving wooden floors, roof structure or machinery. Exterior: 3 storeys over basement. Unaltered elevations except that rear gable has fallen and front upper corners of the wing walls have been demolished. Front (bob) wall has central round-headed doorway. Rear formerly gable end wall has large round-headed cylinder doorway and window opening to each floor above. Right-hand (nearside) wall has 2 ground floor openings, a central round-headed window opening to the first floor and another opening slighty above and to the right of the windows. Left-hand (offside) wall has small doorway on the right and a small opening to each of the upper floors. The tapered chimney has a brick collar near the top and brick battlements over a brick cornice, at the top. Interior has no machinery. Source: Sharpe, Adam and Smith, John. Engine Houses in St Agnes Parish. (Cornwall Archaeological Unit survey for Carrick District Council.

Listing NGR: SW7021846935