Coal Staithes at Blyth Power Station is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1986. Industrial structure. 2 related planning applications.
Coal Staithes at Blyth Power Station
- WRENN ID
- sharp-bastion-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Blyth and Ashington MP: Ian Lavery (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1986
- Type
- Industrial structure
- Address
- Coal Staithes at Blyth Power Station, East Bedlington
- OS grid reference
- NZ 306 829
- Coordinates
- 55.14041, -1.52133
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Coal Staithes at Blyth Power Station were constructed between around 1910 and 1923 for the North Eastern Railway Company and were altered around 1994.
This structure is approximately 375 meters long and features traditional braced timber construction. It consists of substantial timber piles driven into the sea bed that support a timber deck. Originally, the staithes measured 500 meters in length and included three decks with gantries.
Blyth began as a fishing port with salt pans but evolved into Northumberland's main coal port during the late 19th and 20th centuries. At its peak, Blyth shipped more coal than any other port in Europe. The harbour had multiple sets of staithes that allowed coal to be transferred from wagons directly into ships. The coal staithes at Blyth Power Station, previously known as West Staithes, were the last traditional staithes built on the River Blyth. Their construction was interrupted by the First World War and completed in 1923. The upper two decks were demolished, and the structure was truncated in 1994-1995.
Local climate
Coal Staithes at Blyth Power Station receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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