Description

STOKE CLIMSLAND STOKE ROAD
SX 37 SE
8/195 Remains of Engine House
- Holmbush Mine (west
group)

GV II

Engine house, remains of. Early to mid-C19. Roughly coursed slate-stone with
granite,purple and yellow brick dressings; now roofless. Rectangular plan aligned
east-west 2 storeys with gable of east end now missing. Round-headed window
on each floor to west gable end and rectangular openings to sides. Formed part
of Holmbush Mine, first referred to as a lead mine in C17, later extracting
copper and tin. Working ceased in 1854 but the mine later re-opened as part
of Callington United Mines from 1888-92. A K Hamilton Jenkin, Mines and Miners
of Cornwall Vol. XV, Calstock, Callington and Launceston (1976), pp 36-8.

Listing NGR: SX3572372021

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26515216

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (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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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)