Heritage North East & Yorkshire

Rewarding restoration: Tynemouth Station

Cene Awards - Restoration of Tynemouth Station

 The award-winning Restoration of Tynemouth Station project was completed in March 2012. The £4 million project comprised the complete restoration of wrought iron work over the east concourse, the replacement of roof glazing and the removal of the old track beds.

Work began in March 2011 and the project was implemented by Station Developments Limited in order to transform and revitalise the facility after it had fallen into a state of disrepair.

Prior to work taking place, Tynemouth Station was listed on the English Heritage At Risk Register and was surrounded by scaffolding. One of the principle concerns of the project was to ensure that the fabric of the building remained in place whilst the facility was once again made safe for public use.

As work on the project took place next to a live railway, a series of night time operations were conducted in order to complete the work.

Cene Awards - Restoration of Tynemouth Station

Charlie Laidlaw from Lambert Laidlaw and Jim Grey of Station Developments Limited were the project managers for the restoration of Tynemouth Station, whilst Mansell Construction Services Ltd was the main contractor and Lathams was the architect and historic building advisor.

Lambert Laidlaw also provided quantity surveyor services, whilst Ramboll UK Limited was the structural engineer. Eura carried out specialist iron work services.

Lathams Company Director, Stuart Hodgkinson, said:

“Tynemouth Station was a tremendously enjoyable project to be a part of and there was a real sense of team work as we returned this facility back to what it once was. The Station was in such a dreadful state before we started but now that it is complete, we’ve had some good feedback from English Heritage and that is a reward in itself.

Cene Awards - Restoration of Tynemouth Station

“The project was close to the hearts of many people involved and to walk through the Station now knowing what it was like is an absolute delight. Historic repair is something that we at Lathams specialise in and it was an absolute privilege and joy to be a part of this project.

“We’ve won awards before, but it was the first time to be working on a project in the North East and we’d certainly like to come back and be involved in more projects in the future.”

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