12 Plain-an-Gwarry
Location/Address
12 Plain-an-Gwarry, Redruth
Type
Description
A semi-detached house, called Chylowen, where James Watt, of Boulton & Watt engineers, stayed in the 1780s when consulting with their agent, William Murdoch, on the erection of pumping engines (HER No.MCO61835).
Though the house has modern windows, doors and roof , and has undergone some rear extension, its essential plan-form and the layout of its front and rear garden (plus an outbuilding at the bottom of the latter) remain similar to that depicted on the late 1800s OS Town Plan.
Statement of Significance
Asset type
HouseAge
Post Medieval, 18th centuryHistoric Interest
As the place where famous Scottish steam engineer James Watts stayed during the 1780s.Archaeological Interest
Potential for original features to survive within the present house.
Date Listed
n/a
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