Description

SK 45 SW RIPLEY BUTTERLEY PARK ROAD
(north side)

4/65 Brittains Colliery Engine
House

GV II

Engine house. c1848. Red brick with blue brick dressings and slate roof with wide
eaves. Single storey, 2 bays. Each side has two semi-circular headed windows with
Gothick traceried metal windows (now boarded up) and projecting stone sills. North
gable wall has similar semi-circular headed window to centre and plank door below
stone lintel to left. Small square opening above window to left. Interior gutted.
Brittain colliery was founded by the Butterley Company, between 1845 and 1848 and
was mined for over 50 years. F Nixon 'Industrial Archaeology of Derbyshire' 1969.

Listing NGR: SK4154351774

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26452693

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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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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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings