Description

COMBE MARTIN CORNER LANE
SS 54 NE
1/72 Engine House and Chimney, Knap
- Down Silver mines
GV II
Engine house and chimney. Mid C19. Stone rubble with brick capping to the chimney.
Engine house rectangular on plan, built gable-end into the bank with bob-wall at
front with tall, narrow semi-circular arched opening and rear wall incorporating
tall circular chimney shaft with oversailing brick courses to the cap. Only the
plinths of the side walls survive.
The engine-house was probably built in 1859 to contain the engine erected by James
Sims of Redruth, and was worked by the North Devon Silver Lead Mining Company (Vale
of Girt and Nap Down) Douglas Stuckey Adventurers Slopes. The Story of The Silver
and other mines of Combe Martin in Devon. (1965).

Listing NGR: SS5971846683

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26462150

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)