Morris, B. W. (2017). The Lower Dry, Charlestown, St Austell, Cornwall Results of a Desk-Based Appraisal, Historic Building Appraisal and Heritage Assessment. South West Archaeology Ltd.. https://doi.org/10.5284/1048134. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 The Lower Dry, Charlestown, St Austell, Cornwall Results of a Desk-Based Appraisal, Historic Building Appraisal and Heritage Assessment
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Series:		 South West Archaeology Ltd. unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 The results of a desk-based appraisal, historic building appraisal and heritage statement carried out by South West Archaeology Ltd. for the Lower Dry, Charlestown, St Austell, Cornwall, to inform the future use of the site. Two clay dries were built in Charlestown in c.1908, the Upper (Carbean) Dry (no longer extant) and the Lower (Carclaze) Dry. They were built by John Lovering and Co., one of the biggest china clay companies operating in Cornwall at the time. At the Lower Dry the clay slurry was piped into eight large settling tanks to the rear of the drying floor, to be released into the clay dry itself via individual sluices. The drying floor was heated by a furnace located at the southern end of the building, and the heated air was drawn along the underfloor flues by the chimney at the northern end. The dried clay was shovelled into a deep linhay for storage, and transferred to the harbour and waiting ships via an underground tunnel. The tunnel from the dry terminated within what is now the Shipwreck and Heritage Centre where there is a weighbridge, although the precise role played by the Heritage Centre building is unclear. 20th century OS maps and historic photographs indicate the Lower Dry was modified in the period 1945×55 and production scaled back. It ceased to function in c.1968, and was modified for storage. The clay dry burned down in 2005, and the remains are now in a poor condition. The proximity of the site to Charlestown and its numerous designated heritage assets makes sensitive development or adapative reuse of this site a necessity. With the exception of the tunnel, in structural terms the clay dry is unremarkable, but it is its historical association with John Lovering and Charlestown makes it important. It forms part of the industrial story of Charlestown, and does display two of the key attributes that contribute to the OUV of the WHS.
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Author:		 Bryn W Morris
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Publisher:		 South West Archaeology Ltd.
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2017
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Site: The Lower Dry, Charlestown
County: Cornwall
District: Cornwall
Parish: ST AUSTELL
Country: England
Grid Reference: 203951, 51820 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CLAY DRY (Monus)
DESK BASED ASSESSMENT (Event)
DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH (Event)
FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT) (Event)
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OASIS Id: southwes1-299741
OBIB: 170906
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Created Date:		 02 Jul 2018