I must admit I saw Hughie D's superb report on this place and quite fancied it myself. So me and Janovitch and man gone wrong were out and about and popped in here. We ended up spending far longer here than we expected. Their was several buildings to see here. I actually went back a few weeks later on the way to Scotland, as I had missed the clocking in area, and winding house two. I took some more shots around the place too..
There is the engine house. with a winding house either end. an old loco shed, bath house, admin house, lamp room and the clocking in area and foremans offices. yeah the place is trashed to bits. but look between the trash there is quite a complete set of colliery buildings on site, with lots of retaining features. And to top it off some great graffiti from the likes of Coloquix and BrayK.
Firbeck colliery was first constructed in 1923 by the firbeck main colliery company ltd. it started drawing its first coal in 1925. The company changed hands in 1934 and again in 1940. The colliery was finally taken over in 1947. The colliery finally ceased production in 1968, a few years later the shafts were filled in. So in terms of life this colliery had quite a short life. but its amazing these old buildings have been stood there for over forty years now. There is a memorial in the village. Sixty miners lost here lives at this colliery.
The engine house and winding house one is still quite intact. Their was two winding houses either side to power the headstocks. Their was two steam compressors in the engine house and a boiler room.
Looking at the main engine house with winding house one to the front and winding house to the rear.
Looking across the engine house
On top of winding house two
Bottom of winding house two.
Up in winding house one, this winding house is in a much more decayed state, but far more photogenic.
Looking from underneath the engine house through to winding house two and then into the boiler room.
At the back of the site sits an old loco shed, there are still some of the old rails about from when the coal was transported out.
To the side of the site is the admin house. This is were most of the office work was done by the NCB. Mainly just general admin and payroll, etc.
The lamp house was quite burnt out. I would imagine they still had gas lights then.
As you first enter the site this is the token house. This is the point were the miners enter before entering the pit area. Here you would clock in and pick up a token so the pit foreman would know who was down the pit.
TBC
There is the engine house. with a winding house either end. an old loco shed, bath house, admin house, lamp room and the clocking in area and foremans offices. yeah the place is trashed to bits. but look between the trash there is quite a complete set of colliery buildings on site, with lots of retaining features. And to top it off some great graffiti from the likes of Coloquix and BrayK.
Firbeck colliery was first constructed in 1923 by the firbeck main colliery company ltd. it started drawing its first coal in 1925. The company changed hands in 1934 and again in 1940. The colliery was finally taken over in 1947. The colliery finally ceased production in 1968, a few years later the shafts were filled in. So in terms of life this colliery had quite a short life. but its amazing these old buildings have been stood there for over forty years now. There is a memorial in the village. Sixty miners lost here lives at this colliery.
The engine house and winding house one is still quite intact. Their was two winding houses either side to power the headstocks. Their was two steam compressors in the engine house and a boiler room.
Looking at the main engine house with winding house one to the front and winding house to the rear.
Looking across the engine house
On top of winding house two
Bottom of winding house two.
Up in winding house one, this winding house is in a much more decayed state, but far more photogenic.
Looking from underneath the engine house through to winding house two and then into the boiler room.
At the back of the site sits an old loco shed, there are still some of the old rails about from when the coal was transported out.
To the side of the site is the admin house. This is were most of the office work was done by the NCB. Mainly just general admin and payroll, etc.
The lamp house was quite burnt out. I would imagine they still had gas lights then.
As you first enter the site this is the token house. This is the point were the miners enter before entering the pit area. Here you would clock in and pick up a token so the pit foreman would know who was down the pit.
TBC
from the looks of other comments and even on Google maps there is now new housing on it 
