National Coal Board Central Garage

The National Coal Board Central Garage is a power station built around 1906 for the Durham Collieries Power Company. It is constructed of yellow brick with red brick dressings and has a felt roof. The building features a basement and one high storey, with a layout of 9 bays by 3. The gable faces the street and is set on a mound, with three brick panels that contain tall round-headed metal windows with pivoting lights, flanking a blocked-in vehicle entrance under a blocked-in window. Above this, there is a four-keystoned ox-eye window, and the gable peak has a group of seven panels. The left side of the building has vehicle entrance doors to the basement and no windows, with 18 corbels at the original eaves level and dentilled eaves. Inside, there is a cast iron balcony along the south side with cast iron staircases leading to the ground and basement. Historically, the building was incorporated into the NESCO system by 1911.