Description

PERRANZABULOE
SW 75 SE
5/33 Batters Engine House
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GV II

Pumping beam engine house for former lead mine, part of West Chiverton Mine. Circa
1868-9. Killas rubble and granite dressings. Brick arches with granite keyblocks
over the openings, brick to upper part of chimney.
Plan: Rectangular plan engine house with round chimney engaging middle of rear wall
and cataract pit at the front. No surviving wooden floors or roof structure.
Originally fitted with an 80" engine built by Harveys of Hayle later fitted to
another mine.
Exterior: 3 storeys. Unaltered elevations with round arches over the openings.
Front (bob) wall has central doorway. Rear gable end wall has central round stack
(an unusual feature). Right-hand (nearside) wall has large central cylinder doorway
(usually sited to the middle of the rear wall) flanked by 2 smaller. doorways, 2-
first-floor window openings and 1 central second floor window openings.
Left-hand (nearside) wall has 2 small basement openings, a doorway on the right and
is identical to opposite wall above this level.
Interior: See plan.
Source: Historical notes provided by A. Barrett, Wheal Leisure, Perranporth.

Listing NGR: SW7907050822

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26434347

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Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)