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Latitude: 50.2043 / 50°12'15"N
Longitude: -5.1173 / 5°7'2"W
OS Eastings: 177650
OS Northings: 38456
OS Grid: SW776384
Mapcode National: GBR ZB.28XT
Mapcode Global: FRA 085H.27D
Plus Code: 9C2P6V3M+P3
Entry Name: Brass Shop, Bolt Shop and Boiler House
Listing Date: 30 May 1967
Last Amended: 12 March 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1141605
English Heritage Legacy ID: 63533
ID on this website: 101141605
Location: Perranarworthal, Cornwall, TR3
County: Cornwall
Civil Parish: Mylor
Built-Up Area: Perranwell
Traditional County: Cornwall
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall
Church of England Parish: Mylor
Church of England Diocese: Truro
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PERRAN WHARF
Brass Shop, Bolt Shop and Boiler House
(formerly part of group listed as Perran Foundry)
30.5.67
GV
II
Brass shop, bolt shop and boiler house, now used as stores. Circa early C19. Lime-washed rubble with granite sills, quoins and timber lintels. Mostly clay pantile roofs with gable ends.
Irregular U-shaped plan of Brass Shop and Bolt Shop in wing projecting east on south side and boiler house projecting at north, adjoining Green Sand Shop qv at west and Smiths shop at north. Former waterwheel serving Smiths shop was in north west corner. Single storey. North wall of Bolt Shop and Brass Shop retain three original 30-paned cast iron windows with spikes behind glass.
Part of the Perran Iron Foundry, founded in 1791, and in its heyday the most important foundry in Cornwall, manufacturing some of the largest beam engines ever constructed.
Plan of Perran Foundry, circa 1860 (CRO).
Notable for the pantile roofs and the cast iron windows of which very few survive in Cornwall.
Listing NGR: SW7765038456
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