Description

ASHINGTON WOODHORN COLLIERY NZ 28 NE 2/43 Eastern winding house and shaft 22/5/86 head building (Winder and Shaft No. 1) GV II*

Winding house and shaft head gear, c.1894 with later alterations. Yellow Ashington brick with gauged arches to doors and windows. Roof of late C20 synthetic sheeting; shaft head gear cast iron with brick casing heightened in red brick. Rectangular 3-storey winding house with shaft to south. 3-bay side walls and 2-bay rear of winding house have bays defined by pilasters rising to stepped-and-cogged eaves cornice and large round-arched windows holding metal-framed casements; central window on east replaced by late C20 double doors onto platform. Round-arched doorways and windows to lower floors, and arched doorway onto walkway from upper floor to cage. Hipped roof with flat-topped dormer and half dormer for winding cables, and raised louvre on ridge.

Shaft head gear has skeletal frame partly encased in rectangular structure with 4 round-arched openings on east.

Sinking of shaft commenced 1894; first coal produced Feb. 13, 1901. Steam engine replaced by electric winder in 1975.

Superstructure of shaft head building and lower flat-roofed additions to west and south are not of special interest.

Listing NGR: NZ2893588429

External Links

• Wikidata Q17546438

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