Description

STOKE CLIMSLAND BROADGATE
SX 37 SE
8/140 Engine house and
attached chimney
- at Broadgate Mine

- II

Engine house and attached chimney. Circa 1870. Roughly coursed slate stone
with red brick dressings; slate roof. Largely in ivy at time of resurvey
(November 1987). Rectangular plan with circular chimney attached to north-east
corner. 3 storeys. North gable end has round-headed opening on each floor
and south gable end has round-headed opening on ground floor. Mainly round-
headed openings to east side; rectangular openings to west side. Chimney
has red brick top with moulded capping; stoke-hole to bottom.
Interior: Retains stone block for engine. Deep open shaft immediately to
south. Broadgate Mine, on the site of an C18 mine, was primarily concerned
with copper extraction and was in use from 1870 to 1878.
(A K Hamilton Jenkin, Mines and Miners of Cornwall, Vol XV, Calstock, Callington
and Launceston, (1976), p 35).

Listing NGR: SX3816573741

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26514856

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Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (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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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5