Description

REDRUTH NEW PORTREATH ROAD
SW 64 SE
(west side)
5/280
Tolgus Tin Streaming Works
II
Tin streaming works. C19, various builds. Some uncoursed granite, but mostly
sheet walls on timber frames, partly rebuilt in concrete blocks, with corrugated
sheet roofs. A complex of small interlinked buildings under connected roofs. All
single storey but to various heights, some built into or beneath the bank above
the stream so that they appear to be below ground level. The exterior features
are of less interest than the internal plant: this includes a 12-head set of
Cornish stamps powered by an internal waterwheel (and working within the last 4
years); a wooden round-frame (apparently in working order); a ball-mill; and
numerous Holman flotation tables. The plant was used for recovery of tin from
waste ore. A rare survival of such plant in so complete a form, some of it of a
type which antedates steam power (e.g. the water powered stamps).

Listing NGR: SW6898344296

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26435363

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)