The count house is a surviving administrative building associated with Penhale Mine, in the landscape between Holywell Bay and Perran Sands. Historic England dates it to the early nineteenth century and records its later use as military accommodation.
A count house was where the business of a mine became tangible: accounts, meetings and arrangements for work. At Penhale, the projecting window is associated with the auctioning of underground working pitches. Miners could bid for a piece of work on agreed terms; the mine was not simply a workforce waiting for a manager to hand out identical shifts.
The building connects two periods of local history, mining and the later camp. Its listed-building coordinate identifies the structure, separately from the broader mine locality. A listing records its historic significance; it does not establish current public access.
Where it is
Penhale Mine count house
50.379851, -5.15145 · Position source: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1248091
Listed count-house building, NHLE grid SW7604058078 (converted OSGB36 to WGS84); not a public entrance
Visiting and access
A location reference, not confirmation of public access or a visitor entrance.
Sources
Source: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1248091