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Bestwood Colliery Engine House is a Grade II listed structure located in Nottinghamshire that represents the industrial heritage of the East Midlands coalfield. Dating from the nineteenth century, the building housed the steam engine machinery essential to the operation of Bestwood Colliery, one of the significant coal extraction sites in the region. The engine house exemplifies Victorian industrial architecture and reflects the technological developments that drove the expansion of coal mining during the Industrial Revolution. The structure remains an important monument to the industrial past of Nottinghamshire and the working lives of the mining communities that depended upon such facilities.
Bestwood Colliery engine house is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017653. View the official record →
Bestwood Colliery Engine House is a Grade II listed structure located in Nottinghamshire that represents the industrial heritage of the East Midlands coalfield. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017653.
Bestwood Colliery engine house is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1017653.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Coal mining remains at Broad Oak Farm (7.2 km), Moat and fishpond at Strelley, 240m SE of All Saints' Church (7.3 km), Medieval city wall (7.6 km).
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