Engine house and chimney about 30 metres to north west

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CALSTOCK COTEHELE CONSOLS MINE Engine house and chimney about 30 metres to north west

GV II Engine house at Cotehele Consols mine, now house, and chimney. Late C19 with C20 alterations. Slatestone rubble with brick dressings. Slate roof with gable ends.

Plan: the engine house is rectangular, with gable end bob wall to south; the bob opening has been altered as a large window. There is a rectangular building adjacent at the right side, possibly originally a boiler house. The chimney is about 30 metres to north west, of circular plan.

Exterior: the engine house is two storey, with round-arched windows at each side with C20 windows inserted with splayed glazing bars. At the right side is a C20 door. The front gable end has the bob opening, with large C20 window inserted at upper level in the gable end. The platform for machinery is to the front of the engine house. The building is adjacent to right is two storey, roofless, with door and window openings. The chimney is in rubble, circular and tapered, with brick top and cornice.

Interior: Not inspected.

In 1883, Cotehele Consols was worked with Okeltor Mine (q.v.), treating iron pyrites from Cotehele Consols for arsenic.

Sources: Booker, F.: Industrial Archaeology of the Tamar Valley 1967.

Listing NGR: SX4229269376