Redruth

Cornwall Industrial Settlements Initiative

Name: REDRUTH
Council: Kerrier District Council
Location: In mid-west Cornwall, off the A30 three miles to the east of Camborne and three miles south of the north coast.
Main period of industrial settlement growth: Medieval; 18^th century –1910
Study Area: Camborne/Redruth
NGR: SW 7042
Main industry: Market, mining and engineering

Industrial history and significance

Mining was the biggest single industrial activity in the area, but its dominance in Redruth was more apparent than real
There is an exceptionally wide range of industrial buildings surviving in Redruth. What survives in Redruth is an outstanding resource for understanding the buildings and mechanics of the industrial processes of the time
Nowhere is this more apparent than in the remarkable remains at Sara’s Foundry, where the scale and range of activities must have been typical of most local businesses.
Redruth was the capital of the greatest of all Cornwall’s mining areas, important for its marketing, financial, managerial and institutional roles
The greatest market town in west Cornwall, the length and complexity of its history is matched by the range, quality and complexity of its surviving historic fabric.

This settlement forms part of the proposed Cornwall & west Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site Bid, and is considered an important part of the context for the Bid. It has also been the subject of a study carried out by the Cornwall and Scilly Urban Survey.

Downloads:

The downloads offered below represent the different elements of the CISI Redruth Report including the core text and the fourteen illustrative map figures

Title Description Format Size

CISI Redruth report Report text.
943kb

Figure 1 Location map 780kb

Figure 2 Historical development map 1555kb

Figure 2a " 945kb

Figure 2b " 936kb

Figure 3 Surviving historical components map 1563kb

Figure 3a " 958kb

Figure 3b " 935kb

Figure 4 Gazetteer sites, existing designations and recommendations map 1559kb

Figure 4a " 643kb

Figure 4b " 744kb

Figure 4c " 612kb

Figure 4d " 643kb

Figure 4e " 803kb

Figure 4f " 649kb

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Title	Description	Format	Size
CISI Redruth report	Report text.		943kb
Figure 1	Location map		780kb
Figure 2	Historical development map		1555kb
Figure 2a	"		945kb
Figure 2b	"		936kb
Figure 3	Surviving historical components map		1563kb
Figure 3a	"		958kb
Figure 3b	"		935kb
Figure 4	Gazetteer sites, existing designations and recommendations map		1559kb
Figure 4a	"		643kb
Figure 4b	"		744kb
Figure 4c	"		612kb
Figure 4d	"		643kb
Figure 4e	"		803kb
Figure 4f	"		649kb

Last Updated: 08/01/2004. © Cornwall County Council, Historic Environment Service.