Fan House to West of Shaft No 2 is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1986. Industrial building.
Fan House to West of Shaft No 2
- WRENN ID
- weathered-mullion-fog
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Blyth and Ashington MP: Ian Lavery (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 1986
- Type
- Industrial building
- Address
- Fan House to West of Shaft No 2, Ashington
- OS grid reference
- NZ 289 884
- Coordinates
- 55.18914, -1.54732
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fan House, located to the west of Shaft No. 2 at Ashington Woodhorn Colliery, was built in 1900, as indicated by the date above the west door. It is constructed from yellow Ashington brick and features gauged arches over the doors and windows. The building has a Welsh slate roof with concrete capping on the fan chambers.
This single-storey structure includes a square ventilation tower at the east end, which is flanked by fan chambers on the east and south sides. The north elevation consists of three bays, which are defined by pilasters that rise to a stepped-and-cogged eaves cornice. The arched windows in the end bays have radial heads and metal-framed casements. To the left, there is a flat-topped tower with a stepped-and-cogged frieze, and to the far left, a fan chamber with a small boarded door. The right return features a half-glazed door set under a round arch. The rear elevation displays similar window arrangements and a fan chamber with a curved roof adjoining the tower.
The Capel fan is still in working order.
Local climate
Fan House to West of Shaft No 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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