Joseph Pirt and Co Engineering Works is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1985. Engineering works.
Joseph Pirt and Co Engineering Works
- WRENN ID
- white-lintel-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 August 1985
- Type
- Engineering works
- Address
- Joseph Pirt and Co Engineering Works, Church Street, Workington
- OS grid reference
- NX 996 290
- Coordinates
- 54.64618, -3.55661
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Joseph Pirt and Co Engineering Works is an iron foundry that has been converted into engineering works, dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century. The building is constructed from hammer-dressed calciferous sandstone with flush quoins and features a graduated greenslate roof with coped gables and kneelers. It has a large square chimney stack made of calciferous sandstone, with the upper part built of stepped brickwork. The structure is three storeys high and has two bays facing the river, along with a two-storey, two-bay extension towards the road that includes a central projecting chimney. Most of the original pointed-arched windows have been blocked with bricks or boarded over. A rear extension made of corrugated material is not of interest and obscures the original pointed-arched doorway and windows. Additionally, there are single-storey lock-up garages at the front, which are also not of interest.
Local climate
Joseph Pirt and Co Engineering Works sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,560 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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