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Latitude: 55.1893 / 55°11'21"N
Longitude: -1.5471 / 1°32'49"W
OS Eastings: 428935
OS Northings: 588429
OS Grid: NZ289884
Mapcode National: GBR K8MF.VL
Mapcode Global: WHC2M.6TKP
Plus Code: 9C7W5FQ3+P5
Entry Name: Eastern Winding House and Shaft Head Building (Winder and Shaft No 1)
Listing Date: 22 May 1986
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1153123
English Heritage Legacy ID: 235914
ID on this website: 101153123
Location: Northumberland, NE63
County: Northumberland
Civil Parish: Ashington
Built-Up Area: Ashington
Traditional County: Northumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northumberland
Church of England Parish: Woodhorn with Newbiggin
Church of England Diocese: Newcastle
Tagged with: Architectural structure
ASHINGTON WOODHORN COLLIERY
NZ 28 NE
2/43 Eastern winding
house and shaft
22/5/86 head building
(Winder and Shaft
No. 1)
GV II*
Winding house and shaft head gear, c.1894 with later alterations. Yellow
Ashington brick with gauged arches to doors and windows. Roof of late C20
synthetic sheeting; shaft head gear cast iron with brick casing heightened
in red brick. Rectangular 3-storey winding house with shaft to south. 3-bay
side walls and 2-bay rear of winding house have bays defined by pilasters
rising to stepped-and-cogged eaves cornice and large round-arched windows
holding metal-framed casements; central window on east replaced by late C20
double doors onto platform. Round-arched doorways and windows to lower floors,
and arched doorway onto walkway from upper floor to cage. Hipped roof with
flat-topped dormer and half dormer for winding cables, and raised louvre on
ridge.
Shaft head gear has skeletal frame partly encased in rectangular structure
with 4 round-arched openings on east.
Sinking of shaft commenced 1894; first coal produced Feb. 13, 1901. Steam
engine replaced by electric winder in 1975.
Superstructure of shaft head building and lower flat-roofed additions to west
and south are not of special interest.
Listing NGR: NZ2893588429
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