Description

GRADE-RUAN POLTESCO
SW 71 NW
6/47 Serpentine Factory,
Carleon Cove
20 5 75
GV II

Show room and storehouse for serpentine factory now empty. Datestone in gable
LSOL over 1866. Snecked serpentine blocks with scantle slate roof and clay
ridge tiles. Built into bedrock with ground rising to north. South elevation:
3 storeys, symmetrical, gable ended. Ground, first and second floor openings
under wide segmental arches with small rusticated keystones. C20 vertical
timber boarding in openings. Datestone below gable. North elevation: one
storey, symmetrical, gable ended with wide brick segmental arched opening in
centre. Ruins of other earlier factory buildings to the west with quay to the
south where flat bottom barges were loaded with serpentine chimney pieces and
other architectural details worked at the factory. Factory ceased to operate in
the early 1890s.

Listing NGR: SW7270615672

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26434708

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)