National Coal Board Workshops Underground Battery Locomotive Shop is a Grade II listed building in the Sunderland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1985. Workshop.

National Coal Board Workshops Underground Battery Locomotive Shop

WRENN ID
watchful-jade-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sunderland
Constituency
Houghton and Sunderland South MP: Bridget Phillipson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 July 1985
Type
Workshop
Address
National Coal Board Workshops Underground Battery Locomotive Shop, Philadelphia Lane
OS grid reference
NZ 336 525
Coordinates
54.86702, -1.47721
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The National Coal Board Workshops, specifically the underground battery locomotive shop, was built around 1882 for the Lambton Colliery Company. This workshop is constructed of brick and features a roof made of corrugated asbestos. It has one high storey and consists of seven bays.

On the south elevation, there are seven full-height buttresses, although there is none at the right corner. The central round-headed entrance has been bricked up, and there are tall round-headed windows, which have had their heads bricked up with modern casements inserted. Below these are smaller round-headed windows with metal glazing bars, and all the arches are made of triple rows of gauged brick. The roof is hipped. The building is included partly for its group value.

Local climate

National Coal Board Workshops Underground Battery Locomotive Shop receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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