Engine House, Engine Pit And Bye Pit, Red Brook is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. Engine house.
Engine House, Engine Pit And Bye Pit, Red Brook
- WRENN ID
- riven-pavement-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1985
- Type
- Engine house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SE 0251 02 STANDEDGE Marsden 4/454 Engine House, Engine Pit - and Bye Pit, Red Brook
- II
Between 1798 and 1811. Engineer: Benjamin Outram (1764-1805). Engine house containing 2 pits. Deeply coursed rubble. Roof removed. Situated at roughly centre point of Standedge canal tunnel. South elevation: Ground floor: openings with segmental arched heads. Intermediate level: three openings as above (bricked up). High level: two openings as above. West elevation: Intermediate level: tall slender opening with segmental arched head. North elevation: Ground level: large segmental arch (openings blocked); two small openings (blocked). Intermediate level: two small openings (blocked) (one has segmental arched head). Interior: The building encloses the engine pit and bye pit, which were used to drain and work the central part of the tunnel. The pits are brick lined and circular in cross-section. A later square parapet has been built around each pit. The engine used was a 70-inch atmosphere engine of the Necomen type.
Listing NGR: SE0252510207
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