Description

STOKE CLIMSLAND KIT HILL
SX 37 SE
8/153 Chimney at Kithill
- Great Consols Mine

GV II

Chimney, probably arsenic flue. 1858. Roughly coursed granite with a little
slate stone; granite ashlar to capping of shaft and base. Circular shaft
on stepped square base with blind rectangular panel to each face and stepped
capping. Shaft has moulded plinth and capping with projecting square slab
to top. Associated earthworks and shafts. Formed part of the Kithill Consols
mining complex, which continued in operation until late C19 and was primarily
concerned with tin extraction. Late C20 steel bands wrapped around shaft
which has aerials attached. Situated on the top of Kithill, the chimney
makes a prominent land-mark.
(BOE p 48; A K Hamilton Jenkin, Mines and Miners of Cornwall, Vol XV, Calstock,
Callington and Launceston (1976), pp 31-2).

Listing NGR: SX3748471341

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26579141

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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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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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)