Former Railway Engine Shed is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 August 1979. Engine shed.
Former Railway Engine Shed
- WRENN ID
- stark-groin-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 August 1979
- Type
- Engine shed
- Address
- Former Railway Engine Shed, Biggleswade Road, Potton
- OS grid reference
- TL 220 489
- Coordinates
- 52.12573, -0.21891
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former railway engine shed, built in 1857 for the Sandy and Potton Railway by Captain William Peel, is a single-storey rectangular building with a gabled roof. Constructed of yellow brick with red brick dressings, it features minimal classical detailing. The side elevations have three bays, each with a rectangular recessed panel topped by a brick dentil cornice, containing a sash window with glazing bars beneath a gauged brick flat arch. Broad vertical strips of raised brickwork with red brick dressings imitate quoins. The gable ends each have a central recessed panel flanked by raised strips, with pediments that include corbelled kneelers, red brick dentil cornices, and stone coping. Central engine doorways at both ends have gauged brick rounded arches with keystones. The locomotive that this shed housed, "The Shannon," is preserved in working order at Didcot.
Local climate
Former Railway Engine Shed sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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