Engine House Between Shafts 1 and 2

ENGINE HOUSE BETWEEN SHAFTS 1 AND 2

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II*
List Entry Number:
1304432
Date first listed:
22-May-1986
List Entry Name:
Engine House Between Shafts 1 and 2
Statutory Address:
ENGINE HOUSE BETWEEN SHAFTS 1 AND 2
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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II*
List Entry Number:
1304432
Date first listed:
22-May-1986
List Entry Name:
Engine House Between Shafts 1 and 2
Statutory Address 1:
ENGINE HOUSE BETWEEN SHAFTS 1 AND 2

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:
ENGINE HOUSE BETWEEN SHAFTS 1 AND 2

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Ashington
National Grid Reference:
NZ 28912 88399

Details

ASHINGTON WOODHORN COLLIERY NZ 28 NE

2/45 Engine House between shafts 22/5/86 1 and 2 GV II*

Engine House, c.1900. Yellow Ashington brick with gauged arches to doors and windows; metal-sheet roof. Rectangular single-storey building. South elevation 1 storey, 4 bays. Plinth; bays defined by pilasters rising to stepped-and- cogged eaves cornices. Inserted doorway and round-arched windows, one blocked and the others with radial heads and metal-framed casements. Left return shows casement window under timber lintel; round-arched windows with metal-framed casements to rear.

Interior: Original Jack Engine, which provided a power source auxiliary to the main winders, survives.

Listing NGR: NZ2891288399

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235916
Legacy System:
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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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