Houghton Mines Rescue Station

Houghton Mines Rescue Station is a mines rescue station built in 1913. It is constructed of red brick with slate roofs and consists of two two-storey blocks connected by a single-storey block. The main block features rusticated brick quoins and an overhanging slate roof. The south front has two central round-arched doorways with rusticated jambs, flanked by two narrow glazing bar windows on each side. Above these are four two-light glazing bar casement windows, which are further flanked by single narrow glazing bar windows.

The left side of the building has two lower windows, with two glazing bar casement windows above. The right side features a doorway on the left with a modern door and three graduated staircase windows to the right. In the gable, there is a two-light glazing bar casement window. At the rear, there is a single-storey block with two small glazing bar windows and a Diocletian window in the set-back gable above. The back range has various glazing bar sash windows on the upper floor. The interior retains crawl ways that were used for practicing mine rescues.