Railway Goods Shed At National Grid Reference 195 980

PETERBOROUGH STATION ROAD TL 19 NE 0/10003 Railway goods shed at NGR 195 980 GV II Railway goods shed. 1848 for the Great Eastern and Midland Railway Companies. Stock brick. Corrugated asbestos sheet roof with coped gable ends with corbelled brick kneelers. Plan: 2 parallel integral ranges in rectangular plan with openings in north and south ends and east side. Exterior: 1 storey. Symmetrical 5-bay east front with 3 large double recessed segmentally arched entrances and 2 narrower round arch blind bays break forward to left and right of centre; broad brick pilaster on right. At south end 2 double recessed round arch windows with cast iron frame at centre and large segmental arch entrance to right; on left the lean-to of the later C19 west range obscures the front. Interior: not inspected. Note: The shed was used jointly by the Great Eastern and Midland Railway Companies, until 1872 when the Great Eastern took over. Remained in railway use until the 1950s.

Listing NGR: TL1953798005