Description

GREAT NORTHERN ROAD
1.
5170 (North side)
SK 3436 SE Engine House
4/2
II GV

2.
Engine House built for the Great Northern Railway at their Friargate Station. 1877-8
by Kirk & Randall of Sleaford. Italianate style. Red and blue brick, Welsh slate
roofs. Decorative corbelled eaves band. Double chamfered plinth. Single storey with
a two storey tower at the south west corner. South elevation of six bays arranged
symmetrically 3 Plus 3. Six segment headed windows with metal casements. Set between
them is a C20 rock-faced fireplace. Raised louvred lantern to roof. Square tower
to left with deeply overhanging hipped roof on brackets. Three round-arched louvred
lights to first floor on three sides. North elevation has six windows as to south,
though one has been made into a doorway. In the centre a large round-arched double
doorway with blocked tympanum. East gable end has a pedimented gable with circular
louvred opening. The engine house was built to provide power for the hydraulic cranes
and hoists in the adjoining warehouse.

Listing NGR: SK3459036123

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26524162

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)