Building record 9041/1/2 - Engineering Workshop (Former Office Building)

{1} The engineers shed/store is in good condition with cast iron guttering intact and has restrained detailing. Original windows remain.

{3} A full structural survey had been carried out in December 2012 by Waldeck and therefore was not required as part of this survey. The survival of construction records for this structure appears unlikely from the documentary research carried out.
The locomotive shed is a Grade II Listed structure built in 1876 as a minor engine repair shed for the Midland Railway Company. The office building is contemporary and similar in design. The office building is not individually listed, nor mentioned in the locomotive shed description, however it does lie within the curtilage of the structure. The single-storey office is situated to the north-west of the main structure. Both buildings are of red brick and feature polychrome brickwork with white and blue bricks used to highlight architectural features such as window openings, quoins and string courses.
The locomotive shed and the office are both fine and little altered examples of Victorian railway architecture and have high aesthetic value. They are illustrative of the historical use of locomotive sheds and other ancillary buildings within the C19th railway industry, and an evidential representation of the operation of the industry in Northampton.
More details form survey are given, with plans, elevations and photographs.

<1> ELLISON M., 1997, SMR REPORT FORM, (unchecked) (Report). SNN49110.

<2> Beamish H., 2003, Nunn Mills Site, Delapre, Northampton: Desktop Assessment, (unchecked) (Report). SNN103890.

<3> Armstrong H., 2013, Nunn Mills Locomotive Shed, Northampton: Historic Building Recording, p.12-25 (checked) (Report). SNN109648.

Record last edited

Dec 16 2014 5:16PM