The Former Boiler Shop of Greensfield Railway Works is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1979. Industrial. 1 related planning application.

The Former Boiler Shop of Greensfield Railway Works

WRENN ID
knotted-wall-fen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gateshead
Constituency
Gateshead Central and Whickham MP: Mark Ferguson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 March 1979
Type
Industrial
Address
The Former Boiler Shop of Greensfield Railway Works, Rabbit Banks Road
OS grid reference
NZ 249 633
Coordinates
54.96381, -1.61143
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former boiler shop of Greensfield Railway Works dates from around 1877. It is constructed from snecked squared stone, featuring bands and a bracketed top cornice, with a Welsh slate roof. The building stands two storeys above a tall basement that increases in height as the hill slopes down. The lower storey has large round arched openings, while the upper storey features segmental arches. There are ten bays in total, with round windows in the gable ends. Inside, the ground storey is completely barrel vaulted, supported by substantial piers with ten parallel vaults. The building is currently used as a vehicle repair shop.

Local climate

The Former Boiler Shop of Greensfield Railway Works receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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