Pithead Baths (Premises of Elemore Auto Parts Limited) and Wall and Railings in Front is a Grade II listed building in the Sunderland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1985. Colliery baths.

Pithead Baths (Premises of Elemore Auto Parts Limited) and Wall and Railings in Front

WRENN ID
proud-garret-onyx
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sunderland
Constituency
Houghton and Sunderland South MP: Bridget Phillipson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 July 1985
Type
Colliery baths
Address
Pithead Baths (Premises of Elemore Auto Parts Limited) and Wall and Railings in Front, James Terrace, Hetton
OS grid reference
NZ 357 456
Coordinates
54.80418, -1.44539
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Pithead Baths, now the premises of Elemore Auto Parts Limited, are colliery baths that have been converted into workshops. They were built in 1933 by R.A. Frizell for the Welfare Committee. The building is constructed of brick in the Dutch school style and features a two-storey block surrounding a central water tower, with a one-storey porch and offices on the south and east sides.

The street-facing elevation includes a full-height blind bay on the left and a central one-storey porch. This porch has a concrete architrave above boarded double doors, which are flanked by narrow windows with wrought iron grilles. Above the door, there is a tall tripartite stair window with brick mullions and metal glazing bars, and a similar window is located in the right return of the stair. To the right, there is a full-height bay with a vehicle entrance that has roller doors. A decorative band of seven recessed brick courses runs at first-floor level and on the tower, while soldier courses at the windows conceal steel lintels. The parapets are made of soldier courses or bonded vertical courses.

Inside, there are stainless steel balustrades on the two original staircases, and some ceramic tiled shower compartments with integral towel hooks remain. In front of the building, there are geometric pattern wrought iron railings atop a low brick wall, which features curved brick coping along the street, canted at the corner, and extending partly along the right return. This building is historically significant as it is the only remaining structure from Elemore Colliery.

Local climate

Pithead Baths (Premises of Elemore Auto Parts Limited) and Wall and Railings in Front sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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