Description

SJ 30 SE
6/155
SJ 3746 0213

WORTHEN CP
SNAILBEACH LEAD MINE
Compressor House and attached chimney at NGR SJ 3746 0213

GV
II
Compressor house and attached chimney. Dated 1881 (date stone to front gable and in yellow brick to chimney). Regularly coursed limestone rubble with red brick dressings; gable front roof with cladding (slates) removed but retaining purlins and rafters, fretted bargeboards. Rectangular plan.

Two levels; two round-arched windows to front gable on first floor and blocked doorway with stone lintel to centre on ground floor; external staircase to right side (far end) has cast-iron balustrade to top and leads to blocked doorway with stone lintel.

Chimney: attached to left side, engineering brick on rubble base; square section tapering to top which has toothed capping.

INTERIOR: first floor removed but stone supports for compressor remain; king-post roof in five bays. The compressor house originally contained two Siemens and Edwards compressors which provided compressed air for rock drills and winches underground.

Listing NGR: SJ3747302135

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26306660

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)