Engine House is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1982. Engine house.

Engine House

WRENN ID
pale-attic-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 August 1982
Type
Engine house
Address
Engine House, Dean House Lane
OS grid reference
SE 039 266
Coordinates
53.73606, -1.94163
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The engine house at Oats Royd Mill, built in the late 19th century for John Murgatroyd and Sons, is a single-storey structure made of coursed squared stone with a Welsh slate roof and an attached brick chimney. The building measures five bays by one bay, with the chimney located at the east end.

On the south side, there is a doorway with a corbelled pediment to the right of a tall round-arched window, which features rusticated quoins, imposts, and a corbelled arch. To the right of this window, there are three additional tall round-arched windows with projecting cills. The roof is hipped and includes two ridge vents topped with conical caps and finials.

The chimney, positioned on the right, has a square base with rusticated quoins and raised panels, a band, and a broached round section with a collar and dentil cornice. On the left side, there is a half-glazed double door with an overlight and fanlight, flanked by corniced pilasters that support a keyed round arch. This engine house is built adjacent to the weaving sheds, which were constructed in 1887.

Local climate

Engine House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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