South Engine House And Boundary Wall

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SK 79 NE 3/93

MISTERTON SOSS ROAD (east side) South engine house and boundary wall

G.V. II*

Pumping engine house 1828. Brick with slate roof. Stone foundation wall, stone sills and lintels, moulded stone eaves band, stone coped gables. 2 storeys, 3 bays. West gable has, to left, single cast-iron glazing bar casement on either floor. Between floors, datestone inscribed 'These works erected 1828, Francis Raynes, George Kelk, William Gauntley (Commissioners), Alfred Smith, Engineer.' To right, square brick chimney stack on plain square base with plain stone coping, corbelled stone cap with acroteria. To north, lean-to brick wheelhouse with slate roof projecting over drain, and to north again, lean-to timber structure. Above, single glazing bar sash. Lean-to addition to south, brick with slate roof, has central doorway; above, 2 square unglazed openings. East gable has single glazing bar cast-iron light on each floor. Outside, curved brick boundary wall with stone coping, 2 pairs stone gatepiers, approx. 25M long in 2 sections.

Listing NGR: SK7783895118