North Treskerby Engine House (At Sw723451)

ST AGNES WHEAL ROSE SW 74 NW 7/266 North Treskerby Engine House 30.5.67 (at SW723451) (formerly listed as Two Engine Houses. North Treskerby) GV II

Pumping beam engine house at Wheal Rose Mine, disused. Circa mid-late C19. Killas and granite rubble with granite dressings. Brick arches over the the principal openings, timber lintels over the other openings. Brick to upper stage of chimney. Roofless. Plan: Rectangular plan with round chimney clasping the rear right-hand corner. No surviving wooden floors, roof structure or machinery. Exterior: 3 storeys. Unaltered and virtually complete elevations. Round-brick arches spanning the principal openings. Front (bob) wall has central doorway. Rear gable end has wide central cylinder doorway and 2 openings above. Right-hand (nearside) wall has central first floor window openings and 2 windows to each of the other floors. Left-hand (offside) wall has square-headed openings; a doorway on the right and 3 small openings. Interior: see plan. Source: Sharpe, Adam and Smith, John. Engine Houses in St Agnes Parish. (Cornwall Archaeological Unit survey for Carrick District Council.

Listing NGR: SW7232945146