Description

LUDGVAN
SW 43 NE
4/174 Engine House at SW 480357
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II
Beam engine house and associated buildings. Circa early C19. Granite rubble with granite dressings.
Plan: unusually narrow rectangular plan engine house with central doorway in the
thicker (north) bob wall and round chimney at the rear. Thicker walls to about 2
thirds height possibly heightened later C19. Window openings high up in either side wall. Adjoining the right-hand side wall is a later C19 boiler house, and right of this a slightly later parallel workshop or dry. The additions are at a lower level and approached by a flight of granite steps outside the bob wall of the engine house. C19 machinery and floors removed. C20 iron windlass in front.

Listing NGR: SW4806035748

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26436477

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)