Description

ST AGNES
SW 75 SW
4/212 Former Pumping Engine House and
16.7.85 chimney of West Wheal Kitty Mine
GV II

Pumping beam engine house. Circa 1889. Killas rubble with granite quoins, brick
arches over principal openings, some granite lintels. Brick to upper part of
chimney.
Plan: Rectangular plan engine house with round chimney clasping the rear left-hand
corner. No wooden floors or roof structure. A 40" engine built by Harvey and Co in
1863 was moved to West Wheal Kitty, then moved to Carpalla, and is now at the Science
Museum.
Exterior: 3 storeys. Unaltered elevations. Round-headed openings to front, rear and
nearside walls. Front (bob) wall has central doorway. Rear wall has central wide
cylinder doorway and window opening to each floor above. Right-hand (nearside wall)
has 4 irregularly disposed window openings and 2 smaller openings. Left-hand
(offside) walls has doorway on the right and small opening to each of the other
floors.
Source: Sharpe, Adam and Smith, John. Engine Houses in St Agnes Parish. (Cornwall
Archaeological Unit survey for Carrick District Council.

Listing NGR: SW7200550579

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26434255

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)