Engine House And Attached Chimney Approximately 50 Metres West Of Trelane

STOKE CLIMSLAND LUCKETT SX 37 SE 8/164 Engine house and attached chimney approx. 50m west - of Trelane

GV II

Engine house and attached chimney. Mid-to late C19. Roughly coursed slate stone with red brick window dressings; slate roof. Rectangular plan with circular ivy-clad chimney attached to south-west corner. 3 storeys. Round-headed opening on each floor to north side and mutilated round-headed opening on south side; round-headed opening on ground floor to east end and rectangular openings to west end. Interior: Retains stone block for beam engine, part of gearing for which survives. Scissor-braced roof in 6 bays. First referred to in 1836 as Wheal Martha, the Luckett or New Consols Mine underwent several changes of name and periods of inoperation until 1867 when it became known as New Great consols. It then continued in use until 1879 and was concerned with the extraction of copper, silver, tin and a small amount of gold. The mine was re-opened on a smaller scale in 1946 and continued in operation until 1952 (A. K. Hamilton 3enkin, Mines and Miners of Cornwall, Vol.XV, Calstock, Callington and Launceston (1976), p.34)

Listing NGR: SX3872573806