Wheal Ann Engine House at Sw678302 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1988. Engine house. 1 related planning application.

Wheal Ann Engine House at Sw678302

WRENN ID
unlit-landing-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 June 1988
Type
Engine house
Address
Wheal Ann Engine House at Sw678302, Wendron, TR13 0PS
OS grid reference
SW 678 302
Coordinates
50.12697, -5.24953
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wheal Ann Engine House is a beam-engine house built in the mid to late 19th century. It is constructed from killas and granite rubble, featuring granite dressings. The building has a rectangular one-room plan with a thicker front bob wall. It stands three storeys high above a basement plinth. The elevations remain largely unaltered, although some masonry has fallen from around some of the openings. The front wall has a central doorway, while the rear gable wall includes a central opening on each floor. The interior has had its machinery, floors, and roof removed.

Local climate

Wheal Ann Engine House at Sw678302 receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% 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 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2004
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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