Tracing Lost Railways by Trevor Yorke

Author:Trevor Yorke
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781784423728
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2019-11-21T00:00:00+00:00

This goods shed in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, was built in 1889 from engineering bricks and has the office on the gable end adjacent to the opening for the track. Since closure in 1965 it has been converted into an arts centre.

The versatility and quality of goods sheds means that a remarkable number have survived and are in active use today. They are distinguished by the large doorway set to one side on each gable end and the opening along the roadside wall, sometimes still with its canopy. Some early examples also featured architectural embellishments like fashionable window shapes and decorative details formed in brick or stone to complement the main station buildings. Brunel-designed Tudor-style goods sheds still survive at Yate and Stroud Stations in Gloucestershire. A wonderful large Gothic example stands on the site of the old Southampton Terminus Station and can be viewed from Royal Crescent Drive. A grand stone structure that has retained its canopies can be seen opposite Ashbourne Hospital, Derbyshire, at the southern end of the Tissington Trail. Others could be charmingly simple structures to serve small communities. The old goods shed at Caton, Lancashire, alongside the Lune Cycleway has a simple slate hipped roof and narrow round-arched windows, which suits its modern use as a church. Later examples tend to be more workmanlike, often using engineering bricks around openings and for the plinth.

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