Description

NX 92 NE WORKINGTON MOSSBAY ROAD (West
side) Workington

5/55 Jane Pit Engine House

G.V. II

Engine house for disused Jane Pit. 1843 for the Curwen family. Hammer-dressed
calciferous and pink sandstone, with battlemented parapet and bracketed cornice,
on rectangular plinth. 3-storey, 2-bay oval tower with higher circular chimney
to rear. Doorway and windows on various levels in weathered architraves, now
all open and barred. Chimney has brick-arched stoke holes at base.
Battlemented parapet below neck of chimney to match the engine house. Pumping
of this pit was discontinued in 1875.

Listing NGR: NX9952227779

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26437462

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Recommended Books

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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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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)