Buildings At Wheal St Vincent

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Silver/Lead smelting works. Early/Mid C19. Killas rubble with red-brick and granite dressing and rag slate roofs. Three buildings in line built on different levels on slope but all inter-connected. The road (west elevation) at the top of the slope has two semi-circular headed openings partly blocked one above another and Smaller one in outshot to loft. The south side of this small square block is a narrow arched window. The second section has two later square-headed openings when upper floor inserted: also original round-headed one. Two raking buttresses. Small arched opening to rear. Bottom section is lower again and has three raking buttresses and two segmental headed openings, segmental headed doorway in bottom wall. All roof structures appear original with king post trusses. The top building incorporates a network of kiln-type flues. Use of buildings at present unknown but presumably the slope was used for a gravity-fed process of silver and lead smelting. This building is unusually complete and well finished. Wheal St Vincent had several periods of working between 1810 and 1848 and considerable quantities of silver were smelted. Source A.K Hamilton-Jenkin, Mines and Miners of Cornwall Volume XV Page 27.

Listing NGR: SX3850969647