Elliot Colliery Winding Engine House and Engine

Rectangular winding engine house. Of snecked rock-faced stone and coursed rubble with rockfaced quoins with tooled arises, some openings with yellow brick surrounds; Welsh slate roof with two iron exhaust chimneys. 7 bays long, round-headed windows with multipane iron-framed glazing, metal-boarded to S. Main gable end frontage to N has cambered headed centre-left doorway, round-headed window to right and narrow opening with metal lintel to left; wide first floor opening above with attached metal platform; metal boarding to openings. S gable end has single storey roofline of former attached compressor house building with oculus above. Against E side is a late C20 part glazed lean-to providing an entrance hall and exhibition space; behind is the original window range and round-arched doorway inscribed 'East Elliot Pit 1891.'

Interior of engine house is rendered and scored; plain dado below a continuous sillband. Floor of tiles and metal plates. Winding engine by Thornewill and Warham fills the interior: it comprises at centre the unusual diabolo winding drum and 2 horizontal cylinders, later extended to give extra power. Set below into the floor is the high pressure boiler. Large pulley suspended from above. Main service gantry with casting 'Robert Morris and Bastert Ltd. Loughborough; side gantry 'Brodingham Iron and Steel Co.'.