Description

ST MEWAN
SW 94 NE
6/89 Engine house at South Polgooth
- Tin Mine

II

Engine house with attached chimney. Late C19. Stone rubble with granite quoins,
brick chimney.
Plan: Rectangular plan engine house with the bob wall to north and the chimney
attached to south east at the corner.
Exterior: 3-storey engine house; the gable end to south has attached circular plan
chimney, with brick cornice, the chimney tapered, in stone rubble up to the height of
the gable end, probably rebuilt in brick at the upper level. The bob wall of the
engine house has a rectangular opening, with a doorway at ground floor level. In the
west wall there is a doorway with granite lintel at ground floor, and a window in the
south gable end at each level.

Listing NGR: SW9896849893

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26612823

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Recommended Books

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (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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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)