Haulage Engine and Pitman's Cabin is a Grade II listed building in the Torfaen local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 9 February 1995. Farmhouse.
Haulage Engine and Pitman's Cabin
- WRENN ID
- broken-foundation-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torfaen
- Constituency
- Torfaen MP: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1995
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Haulage Engine and Pitman's Cabin, Big Pit Mining Museum, Blaenavon
- OS grid reference
- SO 238 087
- Coordinates
- 51.7724, -3.10497
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Haulage Engine and Pitman's Cabin is a rectangular, single-storey building constructed of red and yellow brick, with an extension on its north-east elevation. The north-west elevation features a flight of steps leading to a doorway, accompanied by a small window on one side. The south-west elevation has a large blocked opening. Brackets support the verges beneath the pitched roof. The Pitman's Cabin has a stable door on its north-west elevation, while the north-east elevation includes a brick base with four pipes protruding vertically. This cabin also has a catslide roof.
Currently, the engine house does not contain any equipment and is used for storage. The Pitman's Cabin is furnished with a wooden bench and tools.
Local climate
Haulage Engine and Pitman's Cabin sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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