Engine Shed, St John's Road Station is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1988. Engine shed.

Engine Shed, St John's Road Station

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight East MP: Joe Robertson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 May 1988
Type
Engine shed
Address
Engine Shed, St John's Road Station, St John's Hill, Ryde
OS grid reference
SZ 596 919
Coordinates
50.72396, -1.15639
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Engine Shed at St John's Road Station is a purpose-built railway engine shed constructed around 1860, as indicated on the Ordnance Survey map of 1866. It is made of brick in English bond and features a slate roof, measuring approximately 72 feet long and 33 feet wide. The shed was designed to accommodate two engines for both running and maintenance purposes.

The exterior includes gable ends, with a circular window at one end and a blocked oculus at the other. There are also two round-headed arches featuring keystones, impost blocks, and double boarded doors. Inside, the shed has a wooden roof supported by queen posts and queen struts, along with regular glazed panels. This structure was built for the Isle of Wight Railway.

Local climate

Engine Shed, St John's Road Station receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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