Cage Shop to West of Pit-Head is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1986. A C20 Cage shop.

Cage Shop to West of Pit-Head

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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Blyth and Ashington MP: Ian Lavery (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 December 1986
Type
Cage shop
Address
Cage Shop to West of Pit-Head, Ashington
OS grid reference
NZ 288 884
Coordinates
55.1891, -1.54884
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cage Shop, built around 1900, is located to the west of the pit-head at Ashington Woodhorn Colliery. It is constructed from yellow Ashington brick and features gauged arches above the doors and windows, topped with a Welsh slate roof. The south elevation is a single storey with three bays, which are defined by pilasters that extend through a stepped and cogged architrave to a stepped and cogged eaves cornice. The round-arched windows have radial heads, with two featuring metal-framed casements; the window on the right is blocked. The returns of the building display pedimented gables, and the right return includes a tall vehicle entrance with boarded double doors set under a round arch. The rear of the building has similar window features.

Local climate

Cage Shop to West of Pit-Head 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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