Coalface Machinery and Electrical Overhaul Shop
Coalface Machinery and Electrical Overhaul Shop
HER Number
11172
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Coalface Machinery and Electrical Overhaul Shop
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. 2 storeys, 8 bays. Gauged round brick arches and stone cills to
fixed windows with glazing bars and pivoted panels. Original vehicle door in
4th bay and sliding door in sixth. Openings set in brick panels. Dog-tooth
eaves ornament; hipped roof. 6 bay stores extension in similar style. lO-bay
blacksmith's shop extension of brick and timber with asbestos roof. Pit-cage
access door under gable in 2nd bay. LISTED GRADE 2
slate roof. 2 storeys, 8 bays. Gauged round brick arches and stone cills to
fixed windows with glazing bars and pivoted panels. Original vehicle door in
4th bay and sliding door in sixth. Openings set in brick panels. Dog-tooth
eaves ornament; hipped roof. 6 bay stores extension in similar style. lO-bay
blacksmith's shop extension of brick and timber with asbestos roof. Pit-cage
access door under gable in 2nd bay. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
433600
Northing
552550
Grid Reference
NZ433600552550
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 456/4/62; TWM Archaeology, 2011, Lambton Engine Works, Philadelphia - Historic Buildings Recording