A building is shown on the Ordnance Survey map dated 1881 at this point and was identified in our surveyor’s report on the property as starting life as a gunpowder store for the adjacent East Wheal Russell mine. It is very damp inside, the corrugated iron roof has been penetrated by creepers although it doesn’t actually leak water. Also the ground level outside is above floor level inside. It has been used as a shop.

We haven’t come to a decision on what to do with this building, and it will take some investment to replace the roof and possibly ‘tank’ the inside to make it dry. One possible idea we have had would be to make the window end an entrance and use the room to store power tools we use in the garden, which are rapidly taking over the space in the garage. Another idea is to make this a larger workshop than the current wooden shed. We may come up with a third alternative, but realistically any idea would need a fully dry interior and provision of electricity.