Railway Goods Shed And Offices

STROUD STATION ROAD (South end) 5/500 Railway Goods Shed and Offices II II* Railway goods shed. c.1845; addition of c.1890; by I K Brunel for Western Union Railway. Goods shed: coursed and squared rubble limestone; ashlar dressings; ashlar chimney, part rebuilt in brick; Welsh slate roof (removed February/March 1984). Offices: ashlar limestone; ashlar chimneys, Welsh slate roof. Tudor revival open shed; 2-storey office attached at west end. North (road) side: offset buttress at each end of elevation; central 4-centred arched road vehicle doorway; 4-window casement fenestration to office wth central doorway; chamfered surrounds to doorway and casements; eaves-mounted chimney with moulded cap; office extender to right with single-storey flat parapet-roofed addition; further doorway and casement to match. South (rail) side: offset buttresses to ends and one centrally: 2 sets of four 4-centred arched blocked lancets; painted lettering above reads: "G W R STROUD STATION EXPRESS GOODS TRAIN SERVICES/AND TRANSITS BETWEEN IMPORTANT TOWNS"; scattered casements to goods office; parapet-mounted chimney with moulded cap to flat roofed addition. East end: parapet-gabled with 4-centred arched road vehicle to right; rail opening to left in early C20 with steel lintel. West end: parapet gabled with gable office projecting from between two 4-centred archways, left for road vehicles, right for rail. Raised internal loading platform cut out for road vehicle loading positions; timber boarded goods office against north wall; timber stair to upper floor of goods office; trussed rafter and purlin roof. Office extended c.1890 probably replacing very small lean-to office; steel-framed early C20 extensions to east demolished c.1976 leaving original building. Built to a Brunel standard design; now the only survivor of this type. (E T MacDermot History of the Great Western Railway, vol. i, 1964; G Biddle and O S Nock, The Railway Heritage of Britain, 1983). This building was previously listed grade II on 3 April 1985 on list no 47:

Listing NGR: SO8506505039