Number 2, The Engine House is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1975. Engine house, house.
Number 2, The Engine House
- WRENN ID
- spare-bailey-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- Shrewsbury MP: Julia Buckley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 July 1975
- Type
- Engine house, house
- Address
- Number 2, The Engine House, Pontesbury
- OS grid reference
- SJ 409 066
- Coordinates
- 52.65466, -2.87414
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 2, The Engine House is an engine house that has been converted into a house. It dates from around 1790 and has undergone later additions and alterations. The building is constructed of uncoursed limestone rubble with reddish-brown brick patching and features a plain tile roof. It has a square plan and consists of three levels. The first and third levels have late 20th-century casements, with the first level having a mid-19th century segmental head and the third level set in a round-arched recess.
Inside, no machinery remains, but it originally housed a Newcomen engine, which is noted to be one of only two in the county. Coal mining in the area ceased in the 1820s, after which the building was converted for domestic use. The former boiler house to the west was turned into a blacksmith's shop. In 1979, this blacksmith's shop and another outbuilding to the east were demolished during renovations, and single-storey additions were made to either side of the building.
Local climate
Number 2, The Engine House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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