Railway Goods Shed at National Grid Reference 195 980 is a Grade II listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1992. Railway goods shed. 2 related planning applications.

Railway Goods Shed at National Grid Reference 195 980

WRENN ID
low-cobble-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peterborough
Constituency
North West Cambridgeshire MP: Sam Carling (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 August 1992
Type
Railway goods shed
Address
Railway Goods Shed at National Grid Reference 195 980, Station Road, City of Peterborough
OS grid reference
TL 195 980
Coordinates
52.56676, -0.2378
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The railway goods shed, built in 1848 for the Great Eastern and Midland Railway Companies, is constructed of stock brick and features a corrugated asbestos sheet roof with coped gable ends and corbelled brick kneelers. The building has a rectangular plan with two parallel integral ranges and openings at the north and south ends as well as the east side. It is a single storey structure with a symmetrical five-bay east front that includes three large double recessed segmentally arched entrances, flanked by two narrower round arch blind bays that project slightly forward. A broad brick pilaster is located on the right side. At the south end, there are two double recessed round arch windows with a cast iron frame at the center and a large segmental arch entrance to the right; the left side is partially obscured by a later 19th-century lean-to from the west range. The shed was jointly used by the Great Eastern and Midland Railway Companies until 1872, when the Great Eastern took sole control, and it remained in railway use until the 1950s. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Railway Goods Shed at National Grid Reference 195 980 sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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