Remains Of Engine House At Ladywell Lead Mine, Shelve
- HER Number (PRN): 13701
- Site Name : Remains Of Engine House At Ladywell Lead Mine, Shelve
- Protected Status:
Grade: Ref No.: 1018075 Title: Engine house at Ladywell lead mine Type: Scheduled Monument - Protected Status:
Grade: II Ref No.: 1055065 Title: REMAINS OF ENGINE HOUSE AT NGR SO 3278 9922 Type: Listed Building - Civil Parish:
- Grid Reference: SO 3277 9921
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- Brief Description: Scheduled Monument and Listed Building: A rare surviving example of an engine house containing dual purpose pumping and winding gear, the Ladywell lead mine engine house is itself relatively late in date (late 19th century), but it forms part of an extensive mining landscape containing earlier features.
- Description: Remains of engine house. Late C19. Roughly coursed limestone rubble with red brick dressings to angles and window surrounds; now roofless. Rectangular plan. 3 levels; remains of round-headed opening on south-east side. Associated with former local lead mining industry and forms a prominent feature in the landscape. Buildings of England p242 <2>
-> Scheduled in 1998. Scheduling description: ->
-> The monument is situated approximately 900m WNW of the village of Shelve and includes the ruins, which are Listed Grade II, and buried remains of the engine house at Ladywell lead mine. ->
-> The mine is believed to have been worked in the early 19th century but the engine house and a new engine shaft were not constructed until the 1870s. The mine, however, was never a large producer of ore, failing to make a profit, and thus closed in c1882. ->
-> The ruined engine house is built of roughly coursed stone rubble with brick dressings to the corners and window surrounds and is considered to have housed an engine which could be used for both pumping and winding. A round headed, vertical opening or slot in the south western or bob wall of the building originally housed the flywheel which transmitted the motion of the pumping engine into rotational movement for winding. Immediately adjacent to the north west wall of the engine house are the partly infilled remains of a stone-lined channel or pit where the winding drum would have been located. This feature runs south westwards as far as the capped shaft which is also included in the scheduling. <4>
See also PRN 01320 for Ladywell Lead Mine. When surveyed as part of a report of South Shropshire lead mines in 1997, the Ladywell mine engine house [PRN 13701] in urgent need of repairs to prevent its collapse. Four walls of the engine house remain although the roof is missing. The building is 7m x 5m x approximately 7m high. The wall thickness varies from 0.9m to 1.2m. The walls are constructed in random stonework with brick quoins. <6>
Building survey carried out at the former Ladywell Lead mine [PRN 01320] and engine house in 1997 prior to the commencement of a programme of consolidation works. An in-depth survey is contained within this report. <7>
1977 photographic survey and condition inspection of the building at Ladywell mine.<8>
Photographed during aerial survey in 2009-2010. <9><10>
Visited during a condition survey by the English Heritage Field Monument Warden, in 2000. Condition recorded as satisfactory. <11>
Photograph of remains of Ladywell engine house, erected by Arthur Waters for the Ladywell Mining Company in 1875. The engine was for both pumping and winding. Built by the Sandycroft foundary, it had a cylinder of 40in diameter. <12> - Record Type: Building
- Sources:
(00) Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 13701. (01) Article in serial: Barker Philip A. 1959. Excavations at Roushill, Shrewsbury, 1958. Shropshire Newsl. No 6. p1-2. p43. (02) List of Buildings: Department of the Environment (DoE). 1986-Nov-14. 9th List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Vol 1760-0. List volume. p44. (03) Photograph: Anon. 1977. Ladywell Mine. Colour. (04) Scheduled Monument notification: English Heritage. 1998. Scheduling Papers (New Scheduling, 03/02/1998). 21665. (05) Monograph: Pevsner Nikolaus. 1958. Buildings of England (Shropshire). Buildings of England. p242. (06) Deskbased survey report: Chapman A C. 1997. South Shropshire Metal Mines: A Desk Study. ACC/1737. (07) Field survey report: Morriss Richard K. 1997. The Ladywell Lead Mine, Shropshire: an outline analysis and survey. Mercian Heritage Series. 49. (08) Site visit report: South Shropshire District Council. 1977. Dangerous buildings: old mine workings in White Gritt, Gravels, Tankerville and Snailbeach areas. (09) Oblique aerial photograph: Shropshire Council. 2010-Mar-7. SA1004_083 to SA1004_090 (8 photos) Flight: 10_SA_04. Colour. Digital. (10) Oblique aerial photograph: Shropshire Council. 2009-Mar-5. SA0903_137 (1 photo) Flight: 09_SA_03. Colour. Digital. (11) Field survey report: Leigh Judith. 2001. Scheduled Ancient Monuments in the Shropshire Hills ESA: Brief Condition Survey. (12) Monograph: Brook F & Albutt M. 1973. The South Shropshire Lead Mines. p35 photograph. - Tags:
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- For more information contact: Shropshire Council HER
- Date Last Edited: 30/01/2019 12:01:17
