Engine House in Playing Field at Former Glassworks Pit is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1984. Engine house.

Engine House in Playing Field at Former Glassworks Pit

WRENN ID
grey-frieze-sage
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Somerset
Constituency
North Somerset MP: Sadik Al-Hassan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 May 1984
Type
Engine house
Address
Engine House in Playing Field at Former Glassworks Pit, Nailsea
OS grid reference
ST 478 708
Coordinates
51.43434, -2.7518
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a winding engine house located in a playing field at the former Glassworks Pit, dating from the mid-19th century. It is constructed from squared pennant rubble and brick. The structure is a small rectangular building without a roof, featuring the remains of a flue attached at the eastern corner. There is a brick arch over the bob opening in the north-west wall, along with various other openings, some of which are blocked. This engine house was formerly used for winding at the Glassworks Pit and is now one of the few remaining examples in the coalfield.

Local climate

Engine House in Playing Field at Former Glassworks Pit receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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