New Pattern Shop

The New Pattern Shop is a pattern shop built in the early 19th century. It is constructed from lime-washed shale rubble with weatherboarding on the second floor of the north front. The building features timber lintels and a hipped clay pantile roof, which has gabled roof dormers for a hoist on each side wall and over the middle of the front wall.

This large rectangular building is three storeys high and was originally symmetrical on the north front, with doorways in the middle of each floor and two windows on either side. There is a string course dividing the ground and first floors. The left-hand bay has been rebuilt in the 20th century above ground floor level. Most of the ground floor openings are blocked, but three original windows remain on the first and second floors. The first-floor windows have vertical glazing bars, while the second-floor windows are fixed 12-pane lights.

Inside, the building retains its original floors with cross beams and the original roof structure, although it has not been inspected. The New Pattern Shop is part of the Perran Iron Foundry, which was established in 1791 and became the most significant foundry in Cornwall, known for manufacturing some of the largest beam engines ever constructed.