Description

TG 41 SW UPTON WITH FISHLEY

1807/2/10008 Engine House immediately
south-east of Black Mill

II

Engine house. c1840. Red brick laid in Flemish bond; hipped slate roof.
EXTERIOR: One storey; square plan, with small outshut to north and west under corrugated iron roofs. North elevation with gabled outshut with double timber doors to left of doorway under gauged skewback arch.
West elevation with vertical weatherboarding to outshut (which protects differential gearing of turbine). Ghost of very large scoopwheel against mainwall driven by original steam engine. South elevation with one 6/6 unhorned sash under gauged skewback arch to left and an inserted plank door to right. East elevation with 2 6/6 unhorned sashes under gauged skewback arches to left and one blocked doorway to right.
INTERIOR: 2 rooms of unequal size. Boarded ceiling. West room with diesel engine of c.1930 by Ruston of Lincoln (Hornsby & Ruston), with flywheel set within intact protective timber cage. East room with 2 cylindrical fuel tanks and iron water tank in roof space supported on paired joists.

Listing NGR: TG4051314106

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656804

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments