Meerbrook Sough Engine House is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1981. Engine house.

Meerbrook Sough Engine House

WRENN ID
shifting-niche-gilt
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Derbyshire Dales
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 1981
Type
Engine house
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SOUGH LANE 1. 5175 Meerbrook Sough Engine House SK 25 SE 5/119

II

2 Circa Mid C19. former engine house. Limestone rubble with dressed quoins and lintels. Plain tile roof with gabled ends.

Two storeys. Various openings, some with round arched heads and doorway with arched head.

Stone stairs to first floor west door.

The engine house is associated with the driving of the Meerbrook Sough, constructed for the draining of the Meerbrook lead mine. It is stated that this is the earliest of the remaining winding houses in Derbyshire.

The engine was taken out Circa 1870.

Listing NGR: SK2883954570

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