Description

SAWLEY HALL ROAD SE 26 NE (south side, off)

Horse engine house 5/174 approximately 10 metres north of stables to Sawley Hall

GV II

Horse engine house ('gin gang'). Mid C19. Coursed gritstone rubble, blue slate roof. 2 x 1 bays. West front: left bay open, straight joint left of centre, cart entrance right with timber lintel under eaves. Rear (east side): cart entrance left. Left return attached to barn south wall (barn not of special interest). Right return: central board door with large lintel, gable coping. Interior: a curved wall with 2 ventilation openings divides the 2 bays and defines a semicircular end to the north bay, where the wheel is housed. Framing survives, supported below large cross beams, the wheel having 6 wooden collars for horses. Roof: 3 queen-strut trusses, marked I, II, and III and strengthened with iron bolts. The machinery linking with the barn has been removed and the gearing is now linked through to the south bay. The engine house is said to have been used for pumping the water supply to Sawley Hall (qv) in the early C20.

Listing NGR: SE2562766830

External Links

• Wikidata Q26543422

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