Bal Ding Chimney at Sw715328, Retanna Mine is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1988. Chimney.

Bal Ding Chimney at Sw715328, Retanna Mine

WRENN ID
sharp-ashlar-marsh
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 June 1988
Type
Chimney
Address
Bal Ding Chimney at Sw715328, Retanna Mine, Wendron
OS grid reference
SW 715 328
Coordinates
50.15157, -5.19947
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Bal Ding chimney at Retanna Mine is a detached chimney dating from around the mid-19th century. It is constructed of granite rubble with a brick upper stage that sits on a corbelled brick collar. The chimney features a tapered shaft, with a fairly tall lower stage that includes a flue opening at the bottom. The short upper stage is partly fallen.

Local climate

Bal Ding Chimney at Sw715328, Retanna Mine 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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