Description

POTTON BIGGLESWADE ROAD
TL 24NW
5/25 Former Railway Engine Shed
17.8.79
- II
Former railway engine shed. Built in 1857 as the engine shed of the Sandy and
Potton Railway by Captain William Peel, third son of Sir Robert Peel. Yellow
brick with red brick dressings. Slate roof. Single storeyed rectangular
building with gabled roof. minimal classical detailing. Side elevations: 3-
bays. Each consists of rectangular recessed panel with brick dentil cornice
to head and contains sash window with glazing bars under gauged brick flat
arch. Intervening broad vertical strips of raised brickwork have red brick
dressings imitating quoins. Gable Ends: each has central recessed panel
flanked by raised strips, similar to sides. Surmounting pediments have
corbelled kneelers, red brick dentil cornices and stone coping. Central
engine doorways at each end have gauged brick rounded arches with keystones.
The locomotive which this shed housed "The Shannon", is preserved in working
order at Didcot.

Listing NGR: TL2202448986

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26407877

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)