Description

ST AGNES TYWARNHAILE MINE
SW 74 NW
7/235 United Hills Engine House
- (at SW 700472)
GV II

Pumping beam engine house, disused. Circa mid-late C19. Granite ashlar front,
otherwise rubble with granite dressings. Timber lintels over most of the openings.
Brick to upper stage of chimney.
Plan: Rectangular plan engine house with round chimney clasping the rear right-hand
corner. No surviving machinery, wooden floors or roof structure.
Exterior: 3 storeys. Unaltered elevations except for blocked doorway in offside
wall. Front bob wall has tall central round-headed doorway. Rear gable end wall
(partly fallen) has central round-headed cylinder doorway and a window opening above.
Right-hand (nearside) wall has 5 irregularly disposed openings including a doorway on
the left. Upper left of wall partly fallen. Left-hand (offside) wall has doorway on
the right and small opening high up on the left.
Interior: Not inspected.
Source: Sharpe, Adam and Smith, John. Engine Houses in St Agnes Parish. (Cornwall
Archaeological Unit survey for Carrick District Council.

Listing NGR: SW7000047200

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26431231

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Recommended Books

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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)