 Great Work Mine (Leeds Engine House) | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
  Great Work Location in Cornwall | |
| Location | Great Work |
| County | Cornwall |
| Country | UK |
| Coordinates | 50°07′40″N 5°21′55″W / 50.1279°N 5.3654°W |
| Production | |
| Products | Copper, Lead & Tin |
| History | |
| Opened | 1538 |
| Closed | 1939 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Engine house at SW595307, Leeds Shaft, Great Work Mine, and associated remains |
| Designated | 26 August 1987 |
| Reference no. | 1328328 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Detached chimney at SW595307, Leeds Shaft, Great Work Mine |
| Designated | 26 August 1987 |
| Reference no. | 1142269 |
Great Work Mine was a Cornish mine between Godolphin hill and Tregonning Hill and is in the hamlet of Great Work on Bal Lane. Great Work is notable for its unusual chimney stack with the upper brick-work in two stages.[1] The remaining ruin of the mine sits 400 ft above sea level,[2] and is part of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape.
The site is owned by the National Trust and forms part of the Godolphin Estate along with Godolphin House.
- ^ Stanier, Peter (1988). Cornwall's Mining Heritage. Cornwall: Twelveheads Press. p. 33. ISBN 0 906294 14 2.
- ^ Trounson, J. H. (1981). Mining In Cornwall. Vol. Two. Ashbourne: Moorland Publishing Co. p. 41.