Description

SJ 40 NW
4/230
8.7.75

PONTESBURY C.P.
PONTESFORD

No.2, The Engine House

II

Engine house, now house. Circa 1790 with later additions and alterations.
Uncoursed limestone rubble with reddish-brown brick patching, plain tile
roof. Square-plan. 3 levels; late C20 casements to first and third
levels, former with mid-C19 segmental head and latter in round-arched
recess. Interior: no machinery survives but in its working days it
housed a Newcomen engine, said to be one of only 2 in the county. Coal
mining ceased here in 1820s and the building was then converted to domestic
use, the former boiler house to west becoming a blacksmith's shop; this
and another outbuilding to east were demolished in 1979 when renovation
took place and single-storey additions (not included) were made to either
side.

Listing NGR: SJ4096506684

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26307297

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)