Philadelphia, Coalface Machinery and Electrical Overhaul Shop

HER Number:
11172

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Philadelphia, Coalface Machinery and Electrical Overhaul Shop

Place:
Philadelphia

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Industrial Building

Site Type: Specific:
Workshop

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

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

Easting:
3360

Northing:
5255

Grid Reference:
NZ33605255

Lats/Lons:

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