6-672: Carn Brea may refer to several places: Carn Brea Castle , former hunting lodge in Cornwall Carn Brea railway station , a former railway station on the Cornish Main Line Carn Brea, Redruth , neolithic hill site and civil parish in Cornwall Carn Brea Village , a village between Camborne and Redruth, Cornwall Chapel Carn Brea , St Just in Penwith, Cornwall,
12-415: Is a small stone folly decorated in the romantic ideal style of a medieval/gothic castle. It has an irregular layout with four rectangular turrets round a core of the same height and an embattled parapet. The building is built into a large stone outcrop with a steep drop on the rear. The building was designed as a hunting lodge rather than a dwelling and measures 60 by 10 feet (18.3 by 3.0 m). The castle
18-451: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Carn Brea Castle Carn Brea Castle on Carn Brea is a 14th-century grade II listed granite stone building which was extensively remodelled in the 18th century as a hunting lodge in the style of a castle for the Basset family. The building is in private use as a restaurant. The castle
24-401: The impression of the building melting into the land. Its use as a beacon for ships was recorded in 1898 when stipulated in the lease, the tenant agreeing to show a light in the north facing window. The castle had periods of disuse and disrepair in the 1950s to 1970s, until private renovation in 1975-1980. The building was classed by English Heritage as grade II listed in 1975. In the 1980s
30-584: The westernmost hill in Britain [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carn_Brea&oldid=1083768956 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Use dmy dates from April 2022 Short description
36-512: Was originally built as a chapel, in 1379, thought to be dedicated to St Michael . Antiquarian William Worcester recorded that there were 32 castles on the Cornish peninsula, including Carn Brea which was described as a tower. The castle was extensively rebuilt in later periods, primarily in the 18th century by the Basset family as a hunting lodge. It is considered a folly , due to the huge uncut boulders that make up part of its foundations, giving
#278721