Description

REDRUTH RADNOR
SW 74 SW
6/295
Pump engine house to Michell's
shaft of West Peevor Mine
at SW 706 440
GV
II
Pump engine house to former tin mine, now derelict. Probably c. 1880; altered
and cut down 1966. Uncoursed killas rubble with granite quoins, bob wall of
squared granite in killas bedding, window arches of brick. Rectangular plan on
east-west axis, with bob wall to west. Formerly 3 stages but now only 2; bob
wall has round-headed 2-stage opening divided by a granite lintel, north side has
small round-headed window. Rectangular concrete cap to shaft in front of bob
wall, and high rectangular platform to the left of this. History: mine formerly
worked as West Treleigh Mine, new shaft sunk 1878 following early success of
Wheel Peevor Mine (q.v.), and initially pumped from that mine; closed in 1898
after fall in tin prices (information provided by Mr Justin Brook). Though
detached from the larger site to the east, shares group value with it.

Listing NGR: SW7063444031

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26613522

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)