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Warehouse at SX 7568 6970 Warehouse at SX 7568 6970 (Former Railway Goods Shed)

A Grade II Listed Building in Ashburton, Devon

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.5139 / 50°30'50"N

Longitude: -3.7547 / 3°45'17"W

OS Eastings: 275685

OS Northings: 69706

OS Grid: SX756697

Mapcode National: GBR QJ.214N

Mapcode Global: FRA 370P.YWH

Plus Code: 9C2RG67W+H4

Entry Name: Warehouse at SX 7568 6970 Warehouse at SX 7568 6970 (Former Railway Goods Shed)

Listing Date: 22 September 1972

Last Amended: 1 September 1992

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1200969

English Heritage Legacy ID: 376003

ID on this website: 101200969

Location: Ashburton, Teignbridge, Devon, TQ13

County: Devon

District: Teignbridge

Civil Parish: Ashburton

Built-Up Area: Ashburton

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Ashburton St Andrew

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

Tagged with: Warehouse Goods shed

Description


ASHBURTON

SX7569 CHULEY ROAD 849-1/10/22 (West side (off)) 22/09/72 Warehouse at SX 7568 6970 (former railway goods shed) (Formerly Listed as: ST LAWRENCE LANE (West side) Goods shed of Dart Valley Railway to north west)

II

Former railway goods shed, now warehouse. Probably about 1872 with minor mid C20 addition. Stone rubble with red-brick arches. Slated roof. Stone chimney with red-brick dressings on SW corner. Single-storeyed building with large, opposing round-arched wagon entrances in N and S gable walls; that to N with sliding doors. Similar opening and doors for offloading goods on W side; pent-roofed wooden canopy above. Two 6-paned windows on E side. Boxed eaves-cornices; plain bargeboards. Small red-brick addition (probably an office) at SW corner. Interior: Kingpost-and-ridge roof. The Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway, a branch of the main line from Exeter to Plymouth, was opened in 1872. It ran from Totnes to Ashburton. The line was absorbed by the Great Western Railway in 1897 and closed in 1962. None of the other railway buildings at Ashburton are listed. (Kingdom AR: GWR: The Ashburton Branch: Oxford: 1977-: 6-7).

Listing NGR: SX7568569706

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