Engine House is a Grade II listed building in the Derby local planning authority area, England. Engine house. 1 related planning application.

Engine House

WRENN ID
twelfth-pavement-jet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Derby
Country
England
Type
Engine house
Source
Historic England listing

Description

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

  1. 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

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