Chimney at Sw591290, Wheal Grey is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1987. Chimney.

Chimney at Sw591290, Wheal Grey

WRENN ID
sunken-lime-shade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 August 1987
Type
Chimney
Address
Chimney at Sw591290, Wheal Grey, Germoe
OS grid reference
SW 590 290
Coordinates
50.11297, -5.37095
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a chimney that served a former china clay works, dating from around the late 19th century. It features a lower stage made of granite rubble and an upper stage constructed from brick. The chimney has a round plan and is tall and tapered, with a brick collar that divides the two stages and another brick collar at the top. It is one of three surviving chimneys associated with the once extensive china clay works at Wheal Grey, which are the only remnants of clay works in west Cornwall.

Local climate

Chimney at Sw591290, Wheal Grey receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% 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 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% 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 0.3°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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