Compressor House and attached chimney at NGR SJ 3746 0213 is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1986. Industrial building.
Compressor House and attached chimney at NGR SJ 3746 0213
- WRENN ID
- haunted-gutter-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1986
- Type
- Industrial building
- Address
- Compressor House and attached chimney at NGR SJ 3746 0213, Worthen with Shelve
- OS grid reference
- SJ 374 021
- Coordinates
- 52.61339, -2.92488
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Compressor House and attached chimney, dated 1881, is located at Snailbeach Lead Mine. The building is constructed from regularly coursed limestone rubble with red brick dressings. It features a gable front roof, although the slates have been removed, leaving the purlins and rafters exposed, along with fretted bargeboards. The structure has a rectangular plan and consists of two levels.
On the front gable, there are two round-arched windows on the first floor, and a blocked doorway with a stone lintel is centered on the ground floor. An external staircase on the right side leads to another blocked doorway, which also has a stone lintel, and features a cast-iron balustrade at the top.
The attached chimney is located on the left side of the building and is made of engineering brick set on a rubble base. It has a square section that tapers towards the top, which is finished with toothed capping.
Inside, the first floor has been removed, but stone supports for the compressor remain. The roof structure features a king-post design with five bays. Originally, the compressor house housed two Siemens and Edwards compressors that supplied compressed air for rock drills and winches used underground.
Local climate
Compressor House and attached chimney at NGR SJ 3746 0213 receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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