Carriage Shed

The Carriage Shed, built in 1901 for the Bideford, Westward Ho and Appledore Railway, is a railway carriage shed constructed from local grey limestone with white brick window dressings and a sheet roof. It is a long, single-storey structure featuring a gabled roof. One gable is open and has a modern folding door with vertical boarding above, while the other gable is solid stone with three windows. The long walls of the shed have nine windows, all fitted with 6 over 6 pane sashes. The roof slopes each have eleven rectangular lights.

Inside, the shed is a single space that originally accommodated two tracks for housing two coaches each. The roof is supported by eight king post trusses. The Bideford, Westward Ho and Appledore Railway was opened in 1901, functioning as both a railway and tramway, with its terminus located on the quay at Bideford. Although owned by the British Electric Traction Company, it was powered by steam. The railway had no connection to the London and South Western Railway at Bideford station, which was situated on the east bank of the River Torridge. The railway operated for only sixteen years before being dismantled and shipped to France in 1917, with no attempts made to reopen it after the war.