Workshops, Winding and Cable Repair Shops
Workshops, Winding and Cable Repair Shops
HER Number
11169
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Workshops, Winding and Cable Repair Shops
Place
Philadelphia
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Industrial Building
Site Type: Specific
Workshop
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Workshops. Circa 1882 for Lambton Colliery Company. Painted brick; Welsh
slate roof with flat stone gable coping, curved kneelers, and 2 corniced ridge
chimneys, one at north end.. One high storey; 3 windows by 17 in 2 builds, 12
and 5. North elevation : 3 brick panels contain modern door and 2 wide, round-
headed windows with metal glazing bars under gauged brick arches with impost
blocks and keystones; projecting cills to these and to upper row of 3 similar
windows. Keyed ox-eye window in brick panel in gable peak. Ground floor canted
corner at right with first floor corbelled out above. The complex was recorded by TWM in 2011.LISTED GRADE 2
slate roof with flat stone gable coping, curved kneelers, and 2 corniced ridge
chimneys, one at north end.. One high storey; 3 windows by 17 in 2 builds, 12
and 5. North elevation : 3 brick panels contain modern door and 2 wide, round-
headed windows with metal glazing bars under gauged brick arches with impost
blocks and keystones; projecting cills to these and to upper row of 3 similar
windows. Keyed ox-eye window in brick panel in gable peak. Ground floor canted
corner at right with first floor corbelled out above. The complex was recorded by TWM in 2011.LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
433690
Northing
552540
Grid Reference
NZ433690552540
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 456/4/59; TWM Archaeology, 2011, Lambton Engine Works, Philadelphia - Historic Buildings Recording