Description

CAMBORNE
SW 63 NE
8/2 Count House and attached
smith's shop at
King Edward Mine

GV II*
Count house and attached smith's shop, now offices. Late C19, altered.
Pebble-dashed render probably on rubble, corrugated sheet roofs.
Rectangular plan with smith's shop attached at right-hand end of count
house. Two storeys, 2+2 bays, both elements symmetrical; the count house
has a central panelled door protected by an added lean-to porch, 2
windows at ground floor with altered glazing and 2 blocked windows above,
and a hipped roof without chimneys; attached at the left end is a lean-to
store. The smith's shop to the right, which is slightly lower, has a wide
central doorway, 2 windows on each floor with altered glazing, and a
hipped roof with a chimney to the right-hand side wall. Rear and interior
not of special interest. History: originally belonged to South Condurrow
Mine, acquired c.1897 by Camborne School of Mines, re-named King
Edward Mine in 1901, and now part of a uniquely complete set of mine
buildings at this site. Reference: A.W.Brooks "King Edward Mine, West
Cornwall, 1897-1921", Camborne School of Mines Journal, 198-.

Listing NGR: SW6631938929

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17556141

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)