Astley Green Mining Museum Winding House

The Astley Green Mining Museum winding house is a pit-head winding house that now serves as a museum. It is constructed of brick and topped with a slate roof, measuring seven by three bays. Each bay features a round-arched window with iron glazing bars set within a recessed panel, and there is a decorative brick eaves band. Each gable has a roundel panel. The east side has doors in the central bay, and there are 20th-century patent glazing windows on the south side, through which the drive ropes originally passed. Inside, there are glazed tiles and a quarry-tile floor. The winding house houses a twin tandem compound steam engine, which is the largest of its kind in Lancashire, and it operated a bi-cylindro conical winding drum. The machinery is nearly complete and includes minor alterations made at various times to meet safety regulations, including a brake engine.