Survey Data
Reg No
22205403
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Engine house
Date
1820 - 1825
Coordinates
224280, 148078
Date Recorded
21/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding tapered round-plan stone chimney, built 1824, now disused. Coursed sandstone and limestone rubble masonry walling. Multiple-bay three-storey gable-fronted engine house to east, now roofless, having coursed sandstone and limestone rubble masonry walls with roughly dressed limestone quoins, square-headed openings to first and second floor and round-arched opening to ground floor having ashlar limestone voussoirs.
Appraisal
This chimney and engine house, part of a mining complex, began its operation in 1824 and closed in 1919. The site is a reminder of a prosperous local industry and of the socio-economic changes of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries which sealed its fate. The engine house is solidly constructed and retains some finely-crafted features such as the ashlar limestone voussoirs. Set in a prominent location atop a hill, the chimney forms a notable and striking feature in the surrounding landscape.