Former Pumping Engine House and Chimney of West Wheal Kitty Mine is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1985. Engine house.

Former Pumping Engine House and Chimney of West Wheal Kitty Mine

WRENN ID
knotted-jade-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 July 1985
Type
Engine house
Address
Former Pumping Engine House and Chimney of West Wheal Kitty Mine, St. Agnes
OS grid reference
SW 720 505
Coordinates
50.31095, -5.20361
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former pumping engine house and chimney of West Wheal Kitty Mine, built around 1889, is a rectangular plan structure made of killas rubble with granite quoins. It features brick arches over the main openings and some granite lintels, while the upper part of the chimney is constructed from brick. The building stands three storeys tall and has unaltered elevations. The front wall has a central doorway, while the rear wall includes a wide cylinder doorway and a window opening on each floor above. The right-hand side has four irregularly placed window openings and two smaller openings, and the left-hand side has a doorway on the right and small openings on the other floors. A 40-inch engine built by Harvey and Co in 1863 was originally moved to this site from another location and is now housed at the Science Museum.

Local climate

Former Pumping Engine House and Chimney of West Wheal Kitty Mine 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 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% 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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