Carnforth: the ash plant is a Grade II* listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1989. A Interwar Industrial plant.

Carnforth: the ash plant

WRENN ID
rusted-forge-wind
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
Interwar
OS grid reference
SD 495 707
Coordinates
54.13026, -2.77284
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The ash plant in Carnforth, built in 1939 for the London Midland Scottish Railway, is a Grade II* listed structure designed for handling ash produced by steam locomotives. It is constructed of reinforced concrete and features mainly steel mechanisms.

The design consists of a mass concrete tower that spans a standard gauge railway line. The main body of the tower serves as a hopper, which is intended to discharge ash directly into wagons positioned on the tracks below. On the eastern side of the tower, there is a pit for the ash bin, which remains in place along with the mechanism used to raise the bin up the tower to empty it into the hopper. The control cabin is located at the top of the tower.

Local climate

Carnforth: the ash 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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