Description

PETERBOROUGH STATION ROAD
TL 19 NE
0/10003 Railway goods shed
at NGR 195 980
GV II
Railway goods shed. 1848 for the Great Eastern and Midland
Railway Companies. Stock brick. Corrugated asbestos sheet roof
with coped gable ends with corbelled brick kneelers. Plan: 2
parallel integral ranges in rectangular plan with openings in
north and south ends and east side. Exterior: 1 storey.
Symmetrical 5-bay east front with 3 large double recessed
segmentally arched entrances and 2 narrower round arch blind bays
break forward to left and right of centre; broad brick pilaster
on right. At south end 2 double recessed round arch windows with
cast iron frame at centre and large segmental arch entrance to
right; on left the lean-to of the later C19 west range obscures
the front. Interior: not inspected.
Note: The shed was used jointly by the Great Eastern and Midland
Railway Companies, until 1872 when the Great Eastern took over.
Remained in railway use until the 1950s.

Listing NGR: TL1953798005

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26616433

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