Locomotive Shed is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 4 November 1999. Shed.

Locomotive Shed

WRENN ID
little-corridor-ochre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
4 November 1999
Type
Shed
Address
Locomotive Shed, Gilfach Ddu, Caernarfon, Llanddeiniolen
OS grid reference
SH 586 603
Coordinates
53.12181, -4.1141
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The building is a locomotive shed, constructed in the 19th century. It is a long, rectangular, high single-storey structure with a lean-to addition on the north gable end. The main part of the building is made of snecked rock-faced rubblestone, featuring slate-stone quoins, while the lean-to has dressed slate-stone slabs. The roof is slate, with a long gabled ventilated louvre at the ridge of the main shed and banded slates on the lean-to.

The long west wall of the shed includes three tall round-headed decorated cast-iron windows, which are similar in pattern to those found in the Quarry Workshops. These windows are adorned with tightly jointed pointed slate voussoirs and slate cills. There is an integral slate-stone stack with a moulded capping on the north side. The south gable end features a pointed doorway designed for locomotives, with dressed slate voussoirs. The lean-to on the north side has a window facing west and a doorway on the north side. The interior was not accessible at the time of the survey.

Local climate

Locomotive Shed sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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