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Latitude: 50.131 / 50°7'51"N
Longitude: -5.341 / 5°20'27"W
OS Eastings: 161327
OS Northings: 31007
OS Grid: SW613310
Mapcode National: GBR FX6B.DBP
Mapcode Global: VH12W.CYTY
Plus Code: 9C2P4MJ5+CJ
Entry Name: Engine House at SW613310 Polrose Mines
Listing Date: 26 August 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1328331
English Heritage Legacy ID: 65707
ID on this website: 101328331
Location: Godolphin Cross, Cornwall, TR13
County: Cornwall
Civil Parish: Breage
Traditional County: Cornwall
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall
Church of England Parish: Breage with Godolphin and Ashton
Church of England Diocese: Truro
Tagged with: Chimney
SW 613310 SW BREAGE
4/13 Engine house at SW613310
Polrose Mines
GV II
Disused beam engine house. Circa 1873. Granite rubble walls with dressed granite quoins; coursed dressed granite to bob wall, round-headed brick arches and some wooden lintels; round granite rubble chimney clasping north-east corner with moulded brick cornice/collar and tapered brick shaft with traces of cornice over.
Plan: rectangular single cell house originally with 3 floors round chimney at north east corner; lower bob wall to south. North wall has large ground floor opening (boiler doorway) with small opening over, both round headed; gable above fallen, chimney adjoining at left with small flue opening at the bottom. South (bob) wall has large round-headed opening (plug doorway); the east and west
walls each have 2 principal window openings irregularly disposed, all with round-
headed brick arches except for the lintelled opening to the ground floor of the west wall.
There are possibly remains of associated structures in the overgrown land adjoining,
Except for the fallen north gable, the masonry of this engine house is virtually
complete and the building stands in unspoiled open farmland.
This engine house had a 40 inch cylinder pumping engine. When reworking started in 1880, the engine was still there (along with 2 others) and it apparently worked until abandonment in 1884.
Source: Kenneth Brown, council member of the Trevithick Society.
Listing NGR: SW6132731007
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