Latitude: 50.2089 / 50°12'31"N
Longitude: -5.2515 / 5°15'5"W
OS Eastings: 168098
OS Northings: 39379
OS Grid: SW680393
Mapcode National: GBR Z2.3X7G
Mapcode Global: VH12Q.X0MP
Plus Code: 9C2P6P5X+HC
Entry Name: Winding House Approximately 30 Metres East of Pump Engine House to Marriott's Shaft on South Wheal Frances Sett
Listing Date: 12 September 1989
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1160606
English Heritage Legacy ID: 66702
ID on this website: 101160606
Location: Piece, Cornwall, TR16
County: Cornwall
Civil Parish: Carn Brea
Traditional County: Cornwall
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall
Church of England Parish: Redruth
Church of England Diocese: Truro
Tagged with: Architectural structure Engine house
CARN BREA PIECE SW 63 NE 8/154 Winding house approx. 30 metres east of pump engine house to Marriott's shaft on South Wheal Frances sett
GV II Winding engine house to former tin mine, now derelict. Late 1890's, for South Frances United Mine. Granite rubble with quoins, brick arches to openings; now roofless. Rectangular plan, 2x3 bays, on east-west axis. Two storeys, with windows only at 1st floor, all round-headed; the 2-bay west front facing the former shaft has a large window on the right (presumably the driver"s window), the masonry beneath it now removed, and a smaller window to the left; the side walls have 3 windows each and the rear has 2 windows (one damaged). Former roof was hipped. Interior not inspected. History: formerly contained horizontal cross compound engine made by Holman's of Camborne, with 23- and 43-inch cylinders on plinths each side of the drum space, and a conical winding drum. Reference: Palmer & Neaverson, op.cit. Part of a very impressive group of remains of one of the best equipped mines in Cornwall, closed in 1918.
Listing NGR: SW6809839379
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