Higher Lansalson china clay pan kiln

Location/Address

Lansalson, Trenance Valley, Treverbyn

Type

Building

Roofed and walled permanent structures.

Description

A pan-kiln at Lansalson (HER No. 27209), recorded on the 1st Edition OS 1:2500 of 1880, and visited by CAU in 1990 as part of the china-clay survey. The kiln has been partly demolished and overdumped. Similar to the Gomm kiln at Wheal Martyn, the roof was double gabled with a valley between the pan and linhay. This roof was supported on granite pillars which have been broken. The chimney stack has been demolished, but the furnace room survives and has three furnace doors in-situ, made by W Visick and sons, Devoran. At the rear of the kiln is a single rectilinear settling tank, and above that three ovoid granite-lined settling pits with a mica drag. Between the settling tank and the pan are a series of rectangular hatchways of exceptionally fine quality and built of ashlar granite masonry. There is a more up to date 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.

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Statement of Significance

Asset type

China clay works, pan kiln

Age

19th century

Rarity

Surviving early china clay pan kilns are rare

Group Value

Part of Lansalson China Clay Works, of which other remains survive. 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.