Higher Lansalson china clay engine house
Location/Address
Lansalson, Trenance Valley, Treverbyn
Type
Description
An engine house (HER No. 27208) at Higher Lansalson , first recorded on the 2nd Edition OS 1:2500 of 1907, and visited by CAU in 1990 as part of the china-clay survey. The area was overgrown and overdumped. A square chimney stack of granite rubble masonry had iron banding and tie-rods, covered in ivy but extant to full height.
One of two surviving engine houses associated with Lansalson China Clay Works.
In addition to the two engine houses, a shaft and the retaining wall of the downslope side of the boiler pond or reservoir for the engine houses also survives.
There is a fuller description of this site in the 2006 The Green Corridor, Wheal Martyn to St Austell, Archaeological Assessment and Watching Brief (HES Report No. 2006R032).
Recommended by local Cornwall councillor, Dick Cole, for inclusion in the CLHL and as a potential candidate for statutory protection.
Statement of Significance
Asset type
China clay works, engine houseAge
Late 19th century / early 20th centuryRarity
Surviving china clay engine houses are rare.Group Value
Forms a pair with another engine house to the NE; part of the surviving remains of Lansalson China Clay Works. Part of the industrial archaeology of the Trenance Valley, which contains the remains of a wide range of processing works, associated with the china clay industry.Date Listed
n/a
Last Updated
09 Feb 2022
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