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Latitude: 54.8619 / 54°51'42"N
Longitude: -1.4801 / 1°28'48"W
OS Eastings: 433467
OS Northings: 552022
OS Grid: NZ334520
Mapcode National: GBR LD36.CY
Mapcode Global: WHD5J.72F4
Plus Code: 9C6WVG69+PW
Entry Name: National Coal Board Central Garage
Listing Date: 15 July 1985
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1299853
English Heritage Legacy ID: 303226
ID on this website: 101299853
Location: Philadelphia, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, DH4
County: Sunderland
Electoral Ward/Division: Copt Hill
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Houghton-le-Spring
Traditional County: Durham
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Tyne and Wear
Church of England Parish: Newbottle
Church of England Diocese: Durham
Tagged with: Architectural structure
NZ35SW HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING VOLTAGE TERRACE
4/70 Philadelphia.
N.C.B. Central Garage.
G.V. II
Power station, now workshops. Circa 1906 for Durham Collieries Power Company.
Yellow brick with red brick dressings; roofing felt. Basement and one high
storey; 9 bays x 3. Gable to street : basement in mound; 3 brick panels,
containing tall round-headed metal windows with pivoting lights flanking
blocked-in vehicle entrance under blocked-in window; 4-keystoned ox-eye window
over; gable peak contains group of 7 panels. Left return has vehicle entrance
doors to basement; no windows; 18 corbels at original eaves level and dentilled
eaves. Interior : cast iron balcony along south side with cast iron staircases
to ground and basement. Historical note : incorporated into NESCO system by
1911. Source, S. M. Linsley "Industrial Archaeology of Electricity around
Tyne and Wear' in proceedings of the Fourth Institution of Electrical Engineers'
Meeting on the History of Electrical Engineering, Durham 1976, pp,ll-18.
Listing NGR: NZ3346752022
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