Former Engine Shed is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 2001. Engine shed.
Former Engine Shed
- WRENN ID
- strange-cornice-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 2001
- Type
- Engine shed
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
1803/0/10004 22-NOV-01
MORETONHAMPSTEAD STATION ROAD Former Engine Shed
II
Railway engine shed. Built circa 1866, by the South Devon Railway Company; engineer Peter Margery. Granite with dressed granite quoins and voussoirs. Gable-ended slate roof; ridge ventilator re-clad in corrugated asbestos sheets. PLAN: Rectangular plan with entrance on west end and store/office on north east corner. EXTERIOR: Single storey. Large round arch entrance for engines on west end. On north and south sides there are four round-headed windows with glazing bars. On north east corner there is a small gable-ended office/store building with a late C20 sheet steel shed built in the angle. INTERIOR not inspected, but original roof structure probably intact. NOTE: This engine shed was built by the South Devon Railway Company in 1866, when the Newton Abbot to Moretonhampstead branch line was opened. A good early example of a broad gauge railway engine shed.
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