Carnforth: the coaling plant is a Grade II* listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1989. A Modern Industrial plant.
Carnforth: the coaling plant
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-marble-sepia
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 February 1989
- Type
- Industrial plant
- Period
- Modern
- OS grid reference
- SD 495 707
- Coordinates
- 54.12983, -2.77298
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The coaling plant at Carnforth, built in 1939 for the London Midland Scottish Railway, is a Grade II* listed structure designed for mechanically refuelling steam locomotives with coal.
Constructed from reinforced concrete, the plant features steel chutes and mechanisms. It takes the form of a mass concrete tower that spans a standard gauge railway line, flanked by two additional lines to the east and west. The main body of the tower includes two hoppers with a capacity of 75 tons each, connected to chutes designed to discharge coal into locomotive tenders located directly below or to the west of the tower.
On the east face of the tower, there is a winch mechanism for raising fully laden 15 ton coal wagons, which is covered by a large projecting hood at the top. The control cabin, which is situated at the top of the tower, is accessed via ladders and walkways on the western face.
Local climate
Carnforth: the coaling plant sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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