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Shildon Cornish engine house is a Grade II listed industrial structure located in Northumberland, dating to the nineteenth century. The building is a characteristic example of a Cornish-type pumping engine house, a design adapted from Cornish mining practices for use in colliery operations across northern England. The structure exemplifies the technological transfer between the Cornish tin and copper mining industries and the coal mining districts of the northeast, representing an important phase in the mechanisation of British mining during the Industrial Revolution.
Shildon Cornish engine house is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006415. View the official record →
Shildon Cornish engine house is a Grade II listed industrial structure located in Northumberland, dating to the nineteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006415.
Shildon Cornish 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 1006415.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Blanchland Premonstratensian Abbey (1 km), Tower house in the churchyard of St James's Church (2.3 km), Lead mining remains at Ramshaw (3 km).
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