Chimney of Engine House at Sikehead Lead Mine is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Chimney.

Chimney of Engine House at Sikehead Lead Mine

WRENN ID
hushed-moat-swift
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1987
Type
Chimney
Address
Chimney of Engine House at Sikehead Lead Mine, Hunstanworth
OS grid reference
NY 954 463
Coordinates
54.81234, -2.072
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The chimney of the engine house at Sikehead Lead Mine is a mid-19th century structure. It is built from coursed squared sandstone with brick ashlar dressings and stands approximately 20 meters tall. The chimney has straight sides and features a high plinth. The front wall includes a small round-headed opening, and there is a fat roll-moulding below the top cornice, which is capped with a blocking course.

Local climate

Chimney of Engine House at Sikehead Lead Mine sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 62 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 42 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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