Carnforth: the former wagon repair workshop is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1989. Workshop.
Carnforth: the former wagon repair workshop
- WRENN ID
- scarred-quartz-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 February 1989
- Type
- Workshop
- OS grid reference
- SD 495 706
- Coordinates
- 54.12882, -2.77382
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former wagon repair workshop, built around 1903 for the London and North Western Railway, is constructed of red brick with engineering brick used for the jambs and plinth. It features a Welsh slate roof with continuous glazed ridge lights and stone coping on the gables.
The building has two parallel ranges: a 13 bay range with a single through road and a 5 bay range to the west that includes an office, stores, and a blacksmith's shop. There is a later addition to the south of the shorter range, which is clad in corrugated iron.
The exterior showcases side walls built with pier and recessed panel construction, a continuous plinth, and dentilated eaves. The forge is illuminated by a round-headed window and has a plain brick chimney. The large openings at the ends are supported by girder lintels, with inset panels on the gable walls that mimic pediments.
Inside, the through road still has its standard gauge track, and the blacksmith's shop retains its forge. The roof structure consists of timber principal rafters with metal ties, and the upper part is raised and glazed to allow for top lighting and ventilation.
Local climate
Carnforth: the former wagon repair workshop sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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