Description

CAMBORNE LOWER PENGEGON ROAD
SW 64 SE
(west side, off)
5/59
Harriet Shaft Engine House
II

Mine pump engine house, now derelict. Probably late C19, for Dolcoath
Mine. Uncoursed rubble with granite quoins, bob wall of dressed granite
blocks, window arches of brick; now roofless. Rectangular plan on north-
west/south-east axis, with bob wall to north and circular chimney attached
at south-west corner. Three stages on a plinth; round-headed openings
including large cylinder door in rear wall beside chimney; slightly tapered
chimney with moulded cornice, former brick upper stage missing. Former
shaft immediately in front of bob wall. Interior not inspected. History:
formerly housed 65" cylinder; one of the few remaining monuments of the
Dolcoath Mine, once the most productive tin mine in the world.

Listing NGR: SW6579740103

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26435462

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Recommended Books

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)