Ivey’s Shaft Engine House (Wheal Vor)
Ivey’s Shaft Engine House (Wheal Vor) is a ruins in Sithney, Cornwall, England. Ivey’s Shaft Engine House (Wheal Vor) is situated nearby to the ruins Chimney, as well as near Watson’s Shaft Engine House (Wheal Metal & Flow).Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Trevarno and Church of Saint Sithney.
Trevarno
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trevarno is a private country estate in south-west Cornwall, England, UK, near the village of Crowntown, 2 miles north-east of Helston. First developed in the 13th century, the estate was owned by a succession of families until 1994 when it was sold for development as a tourist attraction based around its extensive gardens. Trevarno is situated 1 mile east of Ivey’s Shaft Engine House (Wheal Vor).
Church of Saint Sithney
Church
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of Saint Sithney is situated 3,900 feet southeast of Ivey’s Shaft Engine House (Wheal Vor).
Trevarno railway station
Railway station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Great Wheal Fortune and Sithney.
Great Wheal Fortune
Locality
Wheal Fortune or Great Wheal Fortune is the site of a mine in the civil parishes of Breage and Sithney in west Cornwall. Part of the disused mine was designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its geological interest in 1991 and is also a Geological Conservation Review site of national importance for the minerals on the site.
Sithney
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sithney is a village and civil parish in the West of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Sithney is north of Porthleven. The population including Boscadjack and Crowntown at the 2011 census was 841.
Crowntown
Hamlet
Photo: Sheila Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crowntown is a hamlet on the B3303 road south of Nancegollan in west Cornwall, England. It is in the civil parish of Sithney.
Ivey’s Shaft Engine House (Wheal Vor)
- Type: Ruins
- Category: historic site
- Location: Sithney, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.12155° or 50° 7′ 18″ northLongitude
-5.31861° or 5° 19′ 7″ westOpen location code
9C2P4MCJ+JHOpenStreetMap ID
way 390101864OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chimney and Watson’s Shaft Engine House (Wheal Metal & Flow).
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