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| HER Number: | MCO62371 |
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| Name: | PENDENNIS - C19 store and engine house |
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Summary
A straw store with a well to the west, belonging to the Barrack Department, first appears on a drawing accompanying the Ordnance Storekeeper's return of 1821, built between the privy and the Master Gunner's house. By plans of the late 1840s, the building is labelled 'straw store and engine house'. However, letters describing repairs to the Pendennis fire engine at Truro Barracks in 1834 suggest the conversion may have been earlier.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other Statuses/Codes: none recorded
Monument Type(s):
- STOREHOUSE (19th Century to Edwardian - 1821 AD to 1904 AD)
Full description
A straw store with a well to the west, belonging to the Barrack Department, first appears on a drawing accompanying the Ordnance Storekeeper's return of 1821, built between the privy and the Master Gunner's house. By plans of the late 1840s, the building is labelled 'straw store and engine house'. However, letters describing repairs to the Pendennis fire engine at Truro Barracks in 1834 suggest the conversion may have been earlier.
The engine house provided a cover for the garrison fire engine (1).
<1> Linzey, R, 2000, Fortress Falmouth. An conservation plan for the historic defences of Falmouth Haven Vol II (2000), site K4 (Cornwall Event Report). SCO1563.
Sources / Further Reading
| [1] | SCO1563 - Cornwall Event Report: Linzey, R. 2000. Fortress Falmouth. An conservation plan for the historic defences of Falmouth Haven Vol II (2000). site K4. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- ECO455 - Fortress Falmouth
Related records
| 18709 | Part of: PENDENNIS - Post Medieval fort (Monument) |
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