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

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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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