After the engine house was stabilised by the National Trust some years ago, a television company was able to reconstruct the mine site to film a Poldark sequel.


The roughness of the brickwork as it was struck by soft daylight, made an interesting textural composition. The window opening was positioned in the right half of the frame so that the darkening patterns of the blocks could be seen. There is a symbolic meaning behind this photograph, this being:
“From the depths of darkness into the warm daylight”.