Building record MDR3833 - Old Forge Farm and shaft, Broadmeadows Cottages, Harthill

A shaft at the back of the cottages was used for climbing down into the Shining Sough drainage level, Hillcarr Sough, Broadmeadows and Blyth and water pressure engine chamber. The cottage was once the Agent's house. (1). The cottages were the headquarters of the Alport Mining Company. (2). Broadmeadow Mine. This occupied building, now a row of cottages built in three phases, is documented as the offices of Alport Mining Company. It lies adjacent to a vein and it is thought the building lies over a shaft. A deep shaft (and hillock) nearby leads to a hydraulic engine chamber. (3). Broadmeadow Cottage and Broadmeadow Offices. A grade II listed set of offices, now row of three cottages, dating from the early 19th century with later alterations. It was constructed of coursed limestone and gritstone rubble, roughcast to end cottages, with gritstone dressings and quoins to either end. The roof is stone slate with stone gable end and ridge stacks. The buildings are two storeys and the end cottages each have two bays, whilst the central cottage has a single bay with a single bay outbuilding to west. Formerly the offices for Alport Mining Company. [For full description see the Listed Building record DDR 5353]. (4).