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Engine house at Ladywell lead mine, 850m north west of Shelve Farm

England
List entry 1018075
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018075
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SO 32765 99211
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The Engine house at Ladywell lead mine is a nineteenth-century industrial structure associated with the working of lead deposits in the Shropshire uplands. The building housed pumping machinery essential to the extraction and processing operations at this mining site, reflecting the technological developments that characterised nineteenth-century mineral extraction in the region. Its survival as a standing structure provides material evidence of the industrial heritage of the local lead-mining industry during its period of significant commercial activity.

Engine house at Ladywell lead mine, 850m north west of Shelve Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018075. View the official record →

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What is Engine house at Ladywell lead mine, 850m north west of Shelve Farm?

The Engine house at Ladywell lead mine is a nineteenth-century industrial structure associated with the working of lead deposits in the Shropshire uplands. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018075.

Who is responsible for protecting Engine house at Ladywell lead mine, 850m north west of Shelve Farm?

Engine house at Ladywell lead mine, 850m north west of Shelve Farm 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 1018075.

What other scheduled monuments are near Engine house at Ladywell lead mine, 850m north west of Shelve Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Slight univallate hillfort 600m north of Roveries House (6.5 km), Bowl barrow 320m south of Pitcholds (6.5 km), Roveries Hill Camp slight univallate hillfort 400m north east of The Roveries (6.7 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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Domesday
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Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Slight univallate hillfort 600m north of Roveries House
6.5 km
Bowl barrow 320m south of Pitcholds
6.5 km
Roveries Hill Camp slight univallate hillfort 400m north east of The Roveries
6.7 km
Roman villa at Linley Hall
6.7 km
Motte and bailey castle with associated remains of a medieval village and ridge and furrow cultivation, 200m west of St Peter's Church
7.8 km
Motte and bailey castle 100m west of Holy Trinity Church
8.2 km
Pentre Camp
Prehistoric · Hillfort9 km
Hardwick castle motte and bailey castle 140m WSW of Hardwick Hall
9.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Engine house at Ladywell lead mine, 850m north west of Shelve Farm

Engine house at Ladywell lead mine, 850m north west of Shelve Farm stands on Arenig Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Arenigian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Engine house at Ladywell lead mine, 850m north west of Shelve Farm

Offa's DykeArchaeological site · ~6.4 milesWroxeterRoman town · ~15.9 milesBattle of Shrewsbury 1403Battle (1403) · ~15.7 miles
Domesday entry for Rorrington, Shropshire →
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