Engine Shed is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 1986. Engine shed.
Engine Shed
- WRENN ID
- swift-rafter-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 May 1986
- Type
- Engine shed
- Address
- Engine Shed, the Butts Incline Railway Depot, Calstock
- OS grid reference
- SX 425 695
- Coordinates
- 50.50447, -4.22148
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The engine shed, located at the depot of the incline railway in Calstock, dates from around 1872 and was restored in the late 20th century. It is constructed of stone rubble and features a slate roof with gable ends. The shed has a rectangular plan and is a single-storey structure, with two 16-pane sash windows on the side and double doors at the gable end. The roof is supported by king post struts, and there is no internal machinery.
The incline railway was originally built by the Tamar Coal, Manure and General Mercantile Company in 1860 and was taken over by the East Cornwall Mineral Railway in 1872. Beyond the incline station, wagons were hauled by locomotives to Kelly Bray to collect loads from nearby mines, quarries, and brickworks in the Gunnislake, Higher Dimenson, Kit Hill, and Callington areas. Various sidings and depots were situated along the line, which operated in this manner until about 1908, when the branch line to Bere Alston was completed with the construction of the Viaduct at Calstock.
Local climate
Engine Shed sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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