FORMER MINERS' DRY AT SX 5119 7916

The Former Miners' Dry, located at SX 5119 7916 in Mary Tavy, is a mid-19th century building. It features walls made of uncoursed slatestone rubble and a gabled dry slate roof, with a large circular brick stack at the northeast end. The building has a rectangular plan, consisting of a large room that is divided by a stone wall from a smaller room with a fireplace at the southwest end. It is a single-storey structure. The front (northwest) wall includes segmental brick arches over two doorways and a central window, along with a large inserted opening to the right. Inside, there are bolted A-frame trusses. This building was constructed before 1884 and served as the "Dry" for Bennetts shaft, part of the Devon Friendship Mine. It is notable for being the only surviving example of a Miners' Dry on Dartmoor.