Main Goods Shed at Ware Railway Station is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Railway goods shed.
Main Goods Shed at Ware Railway Station
- WRENN ID
- late-joist-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Railway goods shed
- Address
- Main Goods Shed at Ware Railway Station, Station Road
- OS grid reference
- TL 360 139
- Coordinates
- 51.80795, -0.02778
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Main Goods Shed at Ware Railway Station is a mid-19th century railway goods shed that also incorporates a granary. It is constructed of brick and features a hipped board and sheet roof. The main façade consists of nine bays, with semicircular windows set back under round gauged brick arches, alternating with high-level rectangular windows that have glazing bars and are set in tall recessed panels under camber-bricked arches, each topped with a parapet. The building has a simple brick eaves cornice.
Inside, the waggon entry remains intact, and cast-iron columns supporting the upper floor are present throughout. The waggon area, flanked by brick arches, contains some machinery still in place, while the granary floor, which is under a queen-post roof, retains a hoist area and grain chute. This building is a rare example of an unusual type, and its significance is heightened by its connection to the extensive malting industry in Ware during the 19th century.
Local climate
Main Goods Shed at Ware Railway Station sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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