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Engine house and chimney about 30 metres to north west

A Grade II Listed Building in Calstock, Cornwall

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.5029 / 50°30'10"N

Longitude: -4.2252 / 4°13'30"W

OS Eastings: 242292

OS Northings: 69376

OS Grid: SX422693

Mapcode National: GBR NS.KLK0

Mapcode Global: FRA 271Q.MQN

Plus Code: 9C2QGQ3F+5W

Entry Name: Engine house and chimney about 30 metres to north west

Listing Date: 19 October 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1140236

English Heritage Legacy ID: 60834

ID on this website: 101140236

Location: Newton, Cornwall, PL18

County: Cornwall

Civil Parish: Calstock

Traditional County: Cornwall

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall

Church of England Parish: Calstock

Church of England Diocese: Truro

Tagged with: Chimney

Description


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SX 46 NW
4/88

CALSTOCK
COTEHELE CONSOLS MINE
Engine house and chimney about 30 metres to north west

GV
II
Engine house at Cotehele Consols mine, now house, and chimney. Late C19 with C20 alterations. Slatestone rubble with brick dressings. Slate roof with gable ends.

Plan: the engine house is rectangular, with gable end bob wall to south; the bob opening has been altered as a large window. There is a rectangular building adjacent at the right side, possibly originally a boiler house. The chimney is about 30 metres to north west, of circular plan.

Exterior: the engine house is two storey, with round-arched windows at each side with C20 windows inserted with splayed glazing bars. At the right side is a C20 door. The front gable end has the bob opening, with large C20 window inserted at upper level in the gable end. The platform for machinery is to the front of the engine house. The building is adjacent to right is two storey, roofless, with door and window openings. The chimney is in rubble, circular and tapered, with brick top and cornice.

Interior: Not inspected.

In 1883, Cotehele Consols was worked with Okeltor Mine (q.v.), treating iron pyrites from Cotehele Consols for arsenic.

Sources: Booker, F.: Industrial Archaeology of the Tamar Valley 1967.

Listing NGR: SX4229269376

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