Description

STOKE CLIMSLAND LUCKETT
SX 37 SE
8/164 Engine house and attached
chimney approx. 50m west
- of Trelane

GV II

Engine house and attached chimney. Mid-to late C19. Roughly coursed slate stone with
red brick window dressings; slate roof. Rectangular plan with circular ivy-clad
chimney attached to south-west corner. 3 storeys. Round-headed opening on each
floor to north side and mutilated round-headed opening on south side; round-headed
opening on ground floor to east end and rectangular openings to west end.
Interior: Retains stone block for beam engine, part of gearing for which survives.
Scissor-braced roof in 6 bays. First referred to in 1836 as Wheal Martha, the
Luckett or New Consols Mine underwent several changes of name and periods of
inoperation until 1867 when it became known as New Great consols. It then continued
in use until 1879 and was concerned with the extraction of copper, silver, tin and a
small amount of gold. The mine was re-opened on a smaller scale in 1946 and
continued in operation until 1952 (A. K. Hamilton 3enkin, Mines and Miners of
Cornwall, Vol.XV, Calstock, Callington and Launceston (1976), p.34)

Listing NGR: SX3872573806

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26514972

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)