Consolidated Mines, Chimney is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 1985. Chimney.

Consolidated Mines, Chimney

WRENN ID
plain-tracery-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 November 1985
Type
Chimney
Address
Consolidated Mines, Chimney, Gwennap
OS grid reference
SW 745 420
Coordinates
50.23555, -5.16311
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Consolidated Mines chimney is a detached mine chimney built in the early 19th century. It is constructed from killas rubble, featuring a granite collar and a brick upper stage. The chimney has a round plan and is tapered, consisting of two stages, although the upper stage is partly fallen. The stone walling includes putlog holes that were used for scaffolding during construction. The projecting collar has ovolo-moulding on its upper side. This chimney is detached to enhance the flue draught for the beam engine house located lower down the slope. It is one of the few remaining early mining structures in Cornwall and is part of the Consols Mine, which was the most successful copper and tin mine in the world during the 1830s.

Local climate

Consolidated Mines, Chimney receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% 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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