Description

CHRISTOW
SX 88 SW
5/72 Octagonal ventilation shaft about
140 metres south of Canonteign
Barton
GV II
Octagonal ventilation shaft at Wheal Exmouth lead and barytes mine. 1853. Stone
rubble with granite ashlar quoins. Tall tapering octagonal shaft, battered at the
base and incomplete at the top in an unusually ornamental style to match the adjacent
engine house. Wheal Exmouth, operating from the 1850s to 1880 employed 70
underground workers in 1863. The site of the mine was visible from Canonteign House
(q.v.), the Exmouth seat built in 1828 but later screened from it by tree planting.
The ornate style was presumably employed for the sake of the view from Canonteign
House.

Listing NGR: SX8373783005

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26390059

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)