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Summary

A workshop for carpentry and blacksmithing on Wheal Busy mine - it has cast iron lintels with "Great Wheal Busy Mine 1882" in relief.

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 492506: SMITHY BUILDING AT WHEAL BUSY

Other References/Statuses

• Heritage at Risk (Local): Ann Preston-Jones, 2012 English Heritage HEFA
• Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 19318.02
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)
• SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW74SW 46

Monument Type(s):

• BLACKSMITHS WORKSHOP (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

Sixty metres south-west of the Wheal Busy engine house is a mine workshop for carpentry and blacksmithing. It is intact apart from some crude repairs and has fine cast iron lintels with "Great Wheal Busy Mine 1872" in relief. The building is both Scheduled and Listed. It is remarkably well preserved though heavily ivy covered (in 1983) (h3); its walls should be cleared as soon as possible.
The north-west corner of this building was causing some concern in the 1990s as a leaking roof was causing the wall to crumble at this point. (h5) Efforts to implement a repair have not been successful.
It is used by the car trade at present (1981 - h3).

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Site history:
1: 1973. MERCER, R./ DOE
2: 1975. MERCER, R./ DOE
3: 1981. SHEPPARD, P.A./ DOE
4: 1983. SHEPPARD, P.A./ DOE
5: 1995. SH / CAU
6.
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Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2014, Wheal Busy Mine (Report). SCO27340.

<7> Cornwall Council, 2017, Distinctiveness Assessment and Evaluation (Report). SCO27790.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• ECO4504 - Wheal Busy Mine (Ref: 2013R084)

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