Engine House Between Shafts 1 and 2 is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1986. A Victorian Engine house.

Engine House Between Shafts 1 and 2

WRENN ID
ghost-ember-stoat
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Blyth and Ashington MP: Ian Lavery (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 May 1986
Type
Engine house
Period
Victorian
Address
Engine House Between Shafts 1 and 2, Ashington
OS grid reference
NZ 289 883
Coordinates
55.18904, -1.54746
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Engine House between shafts 1 and 2 at Ashington Woodhorn Colliery was built around 1900. It is constructed from yellow Ashington brick and features gauged arches over the doors and windows, topped with a metal-sheet roof. This rectangular, single-storey building has a south elevation with four bays, each defined by pilasters that rise to stepped and cogged eaves cornices. The façade includes an inserted doorway and round-arched windows, with one window blocked and the others fitted with radial heads and metal-framed casements. The left side of the building has a casement window beneath a timber lintel, while the rear features round-arched windows with metal-framed casements. Inside, the original Jack Engine, which served as a power source auxiliary to the main winders, is still present.

Local climate

Engine House Between Shafts 1 and 2 receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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