Engine House is a Grade II listed building in the Flintshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 February 1976. Engine house, converted house.
Engine House
- WRENN ID
- young-gateway-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Flintshire
- Constituency
- Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1976
- Type
- Engine house, converted house
- Address
- Engine House, Lloc, Holywell, Whitford
- OS grid reference
- SJ 144 766
- Coordinates
- 53.28013, -3.28451
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Engine House is a small two-storey structure built of rubble stone and topped with a slate roof. A brick chimney was added to the south gable end when the building was converted into a house. The exterior features large quoins and flat-headed openings, most of which have long timber lintels. The entrance is located on the east side, offset to the left, and lacks a door. It is accessed from a slightly raised walkway. Inside, there is a timber strut at the upper level towards the centre, likely serving as support for an internal beam.
The south gable end has a large timber lintel at first floor level, which indicates a former opening where the engine beam originally extended. This opening is now filled with disturbed masonry, with the chimney positioned above. On the west side, there is an infilled window opening with a timber lintel and a brick sill, offset to the right at ground floor level. The north gable end features an opening on each storey, including a window with a flat brick head on the upper storey that retains some wooden glazing bars, and below it, a window with a long timber lintel that was previously a doorway. There are also remains of a low-level extension on the north gable end, possibly for a boiler.
Immediately south of the engine house is the former pump shaft, which is circular, lined with stone, and now covered with a metal grille. The entrance is adjacent to the former 'bob' wall, through which the engine beam projected. This wall has a recess with a timber lintel at ground floor level. To the right of the doorway, a straight timber staircase leads to the upper storey. The plain joists are supported by the timber lintels of the ground floor openings. The upper storey features a wood-planked floor and plastered walls, with a small brick fireplace inserted into the south wall. This fireplace has a segmental brick arched head and contains an iron grate. There is also a possible socket for a cross beam in the east wall, and the roof is open with a purlin on each side.
Local climate
Engine House receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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