Jane Pit Engine House is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1985. Industrial.

Jane Pit Engine House

WRENN ID: worn-chamber-onyx
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Cumberland
Country: England
Date first listed: 13 December 1985
Type: Industrial
Source: Historic England listing

Description

NX 92 NE WORKINGTON MOSSBAY ROAD (West side) Workington

5/55 Jane Pit Engine House

G.V. II

Engine house for disused Jane Pit. 1843 for the Curwen family. Hammer-dressed calciferous and pink sandstone, with battlemented parapet and bracketed cornice, on rectangular plinth. 3-storey, 2-bay oval tower with higher circular chimney to rear. Doorway and windows on various levels in weathered architraves, now all open and barred. Chimney has brick-arched stoke holes at base. Battlemented parapet below neck of chimney to match the engine house. Pumping of this pit was discontinued in 1875.

Listing NGR: NX9952227779

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