The Goods Shed At Coaley Junction

The Goods Shed at Coaley Junction is a railway goods shed, likely built around 1856 for the Midland Railway. It is constructed from red brick, featuring window arches in yellow brick and blue brick dentil cornices, topped with a Welsh slate roof. The building is rectangular and consists of a single cell with two large doorways and three windows on each of the long sides, arranged in the pattern of window, door, window, door, window. There are opposed doors on one side of the gable walls to accommodate the through rail line. The windows are semi-circular headed and recessed, with iron marginal glazing.

On the wall beside the track, there are blocked doorways for loading directly from trucks to road wagons, which are segmental headed. The opposite wall has two similar doorways with access down to the ground for road vehicles. The rail doors are flat headed, with a blind segmental brick arch beside them. The dentil cornices support a gutter along both sides and extend up the gable, while the roof has a low pitch.

Inside, the shed features a four-bay roof supported by three timber king post trusses and diagonal tie beams at tie level. The dock staging has been removed. Historically, the goods shed was built by the Midland and Dursley Junction Railway as a branch from the Bristol-Gloucester mainline, opened in 1856. Initially operated by the Midland Railway, it was taken over by them in 1861 and remained in use until its closure in 1965. The design of the goods shed likely dates back to the opening of the line, reflecting the Midland Railway's takeover in 1861.