Enginehouse, Chimney and Headstocks at the Former Pleasley Colliery is a Grade II listed building in the Bolsover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1986. Industrial. 1 related planning application.

Enginehouse, Chimney and Headstocks at the Former Pleasley Colliery

WRENN ID
muffled-jamb-twilight
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bolsover
Constituency
Bolsover MP: Natalie Fleet (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 October 1986
Type
Industrial
Address
Enginehouse, Chimney and Headstocks at the Former Pleasley Colliery, Chesterfield Road, NG19 7PH
OS grid reference
SK 498 643
Coordinates
53.17406, -1.25542
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The engine house and chimney at the former Pleasley Colliery were built in 1873 and restored in 1922. They are constructed from coursed rock-faced sandstone and red brick, featuring a slate roof that is hipped at one end and gabled at the other, complete with copings and plain kneelers. A louvred lantern sits on the ridge of the roof. The building has a T-plan layout, with four large round-arched windows on each side, fitted with iron casements. At the north end, there are projecting gabled bays, each with an arched top.

Inside, the engine house contains a pair of large twin cylinder horizontal steam winding engines made by Markham & Co. Ltd., likely from the 1920s. These engines powered the two lifts in the adjacent headstocks until the mine's closure, making them an unusual survival. Steam for the engines was generated by a bank of nine Lancashire boilers. Attached to the south of the engine house is a tall brick chimney, while the corresponding chimney to the north has been truncated. The adjacent headstocks were constructed in 1898 and 1904, featuring steel construction on a concrete substructure. Notably, Pleasley Colliery was among the first pits in the country to utilize electricity underground.

Local climate

Enginehouse, Chimney and Headstocks at the Former Pleasley Colliery receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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