Engine House
United Kingdom /
England /
Gunnislake /
World
/ United Kingdom
/ England
/ Gunnislake
World / United Kingdom / England
Grade II Listed (UK), engine house
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Engine house. Mid - to late C19. Roughly coursed slate stone with red brick window
dressings; slate roof. Rectangular plan. 3 storeys. Round-headed window on each
floor to north gable end; staggered round-headed openings on east side. Remains of
associated outbuilding attached to south gable end.
Interior: Scissor-braced roof in 4 bays. First referred to in 1836 as Wheal Martha
the Luckett or New Consols Mine underwent Several changes of name and periods of
inoperation until 1867 when it became known as New Great Consols. It then continued
in use until 1879 and was concerned with the extraction of copper, silver, tin and a
small amount of gold. The mine was re-opened on a small scale in 1946 and continued
in operation until 1952 (A K HamiltonJenkin, Mines and Miners of Cornwall, Vol XV,
Calstock, Callington and Launceston (1976), p.34)
Engine house. Mid - to late C19. Roughly coursed slate stone with red brick window
dressings; slate roof. Rectangular plan. 3 storeys. Round-headed window on each
floor to north gable end; staggered round-headed openings on east side. Remains of
associated outbuilding attached to south gable end.
Interior: Scissor-braced roof in 4 bays. First referred to in 1836 as Wheal Martha
the Luckett or New Consols Mine underwent Several changes of name and periods of
inoperation until 1867 when it became known as New Great Consols. It then continued
in use until 1879 and was concerned with the extraction of copper, silver, tin and a
small amount of gold. The mine was re-opened on a small scale in 1946 and continued
in operation until 1952 (A K HamiltonJenkin, Mines and Miners of Cornwall, Vol XV,
Calstock, Callington and Launceston (1976), p.34)
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 50°32'26"N 4°16'36"W
- Endsleigh Gardens 4.7 km
- Retaining Walls of Tidal Mill Pond North of Tidal Mill 16 km
- Forder Viaduct 16 km
- Scraesdon Fort 19 km
- The Range Wall and Martini Henry Butts at Trevol Range 20 km
- Boconnoc 27 km
- Wenford Dries 30 km
- St. Austell Railway Station 43 km
- Harbour Quays 45 km
- Fal Viaduct 51 km
- Luckett 0.1 km
- Kit Hill Country Park 2.5 km
- Duchy College (Stoke Climsland Campus) 3.3 km
- Endsleigh 3.9 km
- Carthamartha 4.6 km
- Albaston 4.9 km
- Sherrill Farm Holiday Cottages 6 km
- Greystone Quarry 7.3 km
- Pennygillam Industrial Estate 12 km
- Cornwall 48 km