Cullercoats Lifeboat Station

Cullercoats Lifeboat Station is a lifeboat house built in 1897, with a slightly later bell tower. The building is constructed of red brick with sandstone ashlar dressings, featuring timber cladding and barge boards on the upper parts, topped with a pitched slate roof.

Located at the foot of the cliffs, the rectangular structure is oriented from northwest to southeast, with the southeast gable facing the sea and the tower attached to the left side. The two-storey gabled boathouse has wide replacement double doors, timber cladding, and some original square ventilation grilles above. Four vertical rectangular ventilation grilles have been replaced with glazing to light an inserted first-floor room. Decorative barge boards display an inscription based on Psalm 107:6, which reads: "So.when.they.cry.unto.me.in.their.trouble.He.delivereth.them.out.of.their.distress.&.bringeth.them.unto.the.haven.where.they.would.be."

On the left side, there are a pair of rectangular windows and a central projecting tower with similar windows for the ground floor. The tower features a crow-stepped left side and a crenellated top, topped with an open timber belfry that has a cupola roof and decorative finial; the bell and its frame remain in place. The rear elevation has a plain crow-stepped gable. A modern two-bay extension to the right is not of special interest and is not included in the listing.

Inside, there is wainscoting with exposed red brick walls above, incorporating a narrow band of red and white glazed brick. An inset stone foundation stone is set into the northwest gable wall. The northeast wall features a pair of original camber-headed windows fitted with small panes. The timber roof has three large trusses, one of which is only visible from within the first-floor loft room; this room is supported by an inserted RSJ that spans the width of the building. Access to the inserted room is via a stair placed alongside the southwest wall. The 21st-century extension to the north is not included in this listing.