Description

WORTHEN C.P. SNAILBEACH LEAD
SJ 30 SE MINE
SJ 3744 0219

6/152 Locomotive shed
- at N.G.R. SJ 3744 0219

GV II

Locomotive shed. C.1877. Regularly coursed limestone rubble with red
brick dressings and wooden lintels to window openings; double-span gable
front roof, with one plane retaining original diagonal wooden boarding.
Single storey; 2 louvred wooden air vents in roof slope to front and
double wooden doors. Interior: 2 narrow gauge tracks with inspection
pits below and metal air ducts above suspended from roof. The Snailbeach
District Railway opened in 1877 and was used to bring coal to the mine
and to transport lead and barytes away from it. F. Brook and M. Allbutt,
The Shropshire Lead Mines (1973) p.69 and plate 19.

Listing NGR: SJ3744302195

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26306659

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)