Description

SK 27 NW PARISH OF EYAM EDGE ROAD
4/43 (East Side)
12-7-67 New Engine Mine Engine House
(formerly listed as 'Engine
House and Chimney at New
Engine Mine')
II

Engine house to lead mine, now barn. Early Cl9. Coursed gritstone rubble. Gritstone
dressings and quoins. Stone slate roof. Two storeys. Irregular openings. East
gable wall has timber doorcase and lintel. Above, unglazed window, also with
timber lintel. Above, in gable, wide timber lintel with two small openings to
either end, one to south now blocked. Above again, rock faced stone lintel, but
no opening. South elevation has central, partly blocked, window opening with
timber lintel. Above, to west, similar opening. To east, blocked doorcase under
eaves. North wall blank; attached to base, two brick vaulted chambers. Interior
has sawn timber king post roof with very large tie beam for lifting heavy weights
from. Base of demolished chimney to south-west. Listed for its historic interest
as unusual survival of early industrial building.

Listing NGR: SK2241677383

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26631189

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)