Colliery hutches were used in the majority of collieries up and down the country; often being made on site or by local foundries, resulting in a wide variety of design variations to suit their purpose. Our colliery hutch is an exact model of the most common type seen at Beamish Museum, which in turn is a typical "Wearside" pattern of hutch. Most likely made by or made on site using forgings from Joseph Cook and Sons; the Washington (Durham) based firm is technically still in existence today after amalgamating with the Grange Iron Company in 1926.

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This highly accurate kit is comprised of laser cut ply components and features correct pattern sintered nylon bearings, our signature pre-cut styrene strapping and Slaters wheels, complemented by sintered nylon body and coupling details, designed for us by James Hilton.

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Sold in PAIRS, this is our only kit to date to NOT include Cambrian rivets due to it requiring either 1mm or 1.2mm heads. As a result, we recommend either using pins, nail art jewels or, as we swear by, a set of RP Toolz rivet punches.