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Listed Building: ENGINEHOUSE, CHIMNEY AND HEADSTOCKS AT THE FORMER PLEASLEY COLLIERY (1045855)

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Grade II
Authority Historic England
Volume/Map/Item 1261, 10, 137
Date assigned 21 October 1986
Date last amended

Description

'SK 46 SE PARISH OF PLEASLEY OFF CHESTERFIELD ROAD 10/137 (West Side) 21.10.86 Enginehouse, Chimney & Headstocks at the former Pleasley Colliery. II Engine house and chimney at the former Pleasley Colliery. 1873, restored 1922. Coursed rock-faced sandstone and red brick. Slate roof, hipped at one end and gabled at the other, with copings and plain kneelers. Louvred lantern on the ridge of the roof. T-plan. Four large round-arched windows to each side, with iron casements. Projecting gabled bays at the north end, each with an arched top. Inside, were a pair of large twin cylinder horizontal steam winding engines built by Markham & Co. Ltd., probably dating from the 1920s. These powered the two lifts in the adjacent headstocks up until the closure of the mine, an unusual survival. The steam for these engines was raised in a bank of nine Lancashire boilers. A tall brick chimney is attached to the south; the corresponding chimney to the north has been truncated. The adjacent headstocks were built in 1898 and 1904 and are of steel construction on a concrete substructure. Pleasley Colliery was one of the first pits in the country to use electricity underground. Listing NGR: SK4986664363.'

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Sources (1)

  • Listed Building File: Historic England. 2011. The National Heritage List for England. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1045855.

Map

Location

Grid reference SK 49866 64363 (point)
Map sheet SK46SE
Civil Parish PLEASLEY, BOLSOVER, DERBYSHIRE

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Feb 24 2023 6:24PM

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