| Summary : Dry store and miners' changing house at Greenburn Mine. Field investigations by English Heritage in 2000 identified the dilapidated remains of a probable dry store and miners' changing house. The building is depicted on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of 1847-8 and has constructional characteristics in common with other buildings at the mine thought to have been built circa 1845. The single rectangular room has a stone flag floor, heated from beneath by by a stokehole at the western end of the building, and originally exiting via a wall flue at the east end. At some point, probably between 1848 and 1861 when the mine underwent major expansion, a dry closet, or toilet block, was added to the eastern end of the building. The date at which the building fell out of use is uncertain; it may have been used into the early 20th century. |
More information : Between mid September and late November 2000, English Heritage carried out an analytical field investigation of the surface remains of Greenburn Mine; the survey was requested and partly funded by the landowners, the National Trust (Event record 1335820) (1). The best-preserved building, which comprises an accommodation block, office and workshop (NY 20 SE 9) serves as a parent record for the other components of the complex.
The dilapidated remains of a probable dry store and miners changing house. The building is depicted on the First Edition OS 6-inch map surveyed in 1847-8 and has constructional characteristics in common with other buildings at the mine thought to have been built c.1845. The single rectangular room has a stone flag floor, heated from beneath by by a stokehole at the western end of the building, and originally exiting via a wall flue at the east end (very similar to a Roman hypocaust). At some point, probably between 1848 and 1861 when the mine underwent major expansion, a dry closet, or toilet block, was added to the eastern end of the building. The date at which the building fell out of use is uncertain; it may have been used into the early 20th century.
For further information, see the report at Level 3 standard available through the NMR archive, which includes reproductions of 19th-century documents, extracts from the survey at 1:500 scale, photographs and interpretative drawings. (1)
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