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Summary

Engine and boiler houses with adjacent crusher marked on abandoned mine plan of circa 1873.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthworks and features associated with North Hooe Silver and Lead Mine

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENGINE HOUSE (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD)

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Buildings depicted on 1880s-1890s 25 inch Ordnance Survey map, adjacent to one of the chimneys.

Buck, C. + Knight, S., 2009, North Hooe (Correspondence). SDV347168.

Site of engine and boiler houses with adjacent crusher marked on abandoned mine plan of circa 1873. The site is now scrub covered and no remains are visible.

Meaton, C, 2023, North Hooe Silver and Lead Mine- North Hooe, Bere Alston, Devon- Conservation Assessment, 10, 29-30, Photographs 18-19 (Report - Survey). SDV366064.

Crusher Engine and Boiler House (8). Pumping Engine House. There were no obvious surviving masonry features upstanding, but the area was delineated by a terraced platform, broadly L shaped and measuring approximately 20m long by 10m wide. On the downslope side of the terrace, the remains of the retaining wall were visible on the higher west side, measuring approximately 10m long and 2.5m high, but stepping down close to the ground surface of the slope on the east side. The lower levels of the retaining wall were of uncoursed slate rubble, but higher up there were larger stone blocks, possibly dressed and possibly representing the north-west corner of the Crusher Engine House, or crusher platform.

Lots of stone rubble was noted downslope of the terrace, strewn across the slope, presumably eroded out from the terrace, and possibly remnants of the former mine buildings themselves. The eastern edge of the terrace appeared to be bounded by a low wall or bank measuring between300mm and 500mm high. There was no obvious evidence of the former chimney although the area was thickly overgrown, and inspection of the ground surface was difficult.

The remains of the Crusher Engine House complex are only marked by the building terrace platform on which the structures once stood. Basal layers and/or footing structures surviving below the ground surface, are considered likely. At present, any buried deposits will survive relatively undisturbed, as the site is located on the edge of woodland occupying lower valley slopes to the north, and a pasture field to the south. The retaining wall survives in relatively good condition, although it is likely that there is some slow/natural erosion of stonework downslope. Overall, along with any associated buried deposits the site is considered to be in a stable condition.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV9098 - North Hooe Silver and Lead Mine- North Hooe, Bere Alston, Devon- Conservation Assessment (Ref: CR1227)

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