Winding Engine House at South-East Corner of King Edward Mine is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. A Industrial Engine house. 5 related planning applications.

Winding Engine House at South-East Corner of King Edward Mine

WRENN ID
vast-ledge-poplar
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Engine house
Period
Industrial
Address
Winding Engine House at South-East Corner of King Edward Mine, Camborne
OS grid reference
SW 664 388
Coordinates
50.20386, -5.27494
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The winding engine house, also known as a whim, is located at the south-east corner of King Edward Mine and dates from the late 19th century. It is currently derelict and constructed from uncoursed granite rubble with quoins, featuring a bob wall made of large dressed blocks and brick arches over the windows. The building has a rectangular plan, with the bob wall situated to the north, a chimney attached at the south-west corner, and a boiler house on the west side, north of the chimney. The bob wall includes a round-headed opening with granite voussoirs and a keystone, while the south and east walls have round-headed windows on two levels. The tapered cylindrical chimney has lost its brick upper stage and now ends below roof level. The former boiler house, attached to the west side, is a long rectangular single-storey structure aligned north-south, made from similar materials but featuring a slurried slate roof and inserted garage doors in the south gable wall. This building was likely constructed by the South Condurrow Mine Company before 1897, when the site was acquired by the Camborne School of Mines. It is part of a uniquely complete set of turn-of-the-century tin mining buildings on this site.

Local climate

Winding Engine House at South-East Corner of King Edward Mine receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% 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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