Description

SE44NW THORP ARCH
LS23

2/106 Engine shed at Thorp
Arch Station

GV II

Railway engine shed, now disused. Probably c1850 for the York and North
Midland Railway Company. Ashlar gritstone dressings to coursed, squared
magnesian limestone walling; Welsh slate roof. 1 storey; 3 x 2-bay shed
extended to south-east by an open-sided 2 x 2-bay canopy and with a small,
lower projection at north-west end. Side facing line (now removed) has an
infilled round archway with impost band forming sill to lunette on each side;
canopy on left has cast-iron columns with fretted braces beneath a boarded
frieze; hipped roof. Rear: shed has boarded round-arched opening flanked by
bricked-up, round-arched openings. Left return: boarded doors to round-
arched train openings with lunette between. Right return: central projection
has door and sash and has hipped roof flanked by blocked round archways.
Situated on the Church Fenton to Spofforth line opened 1847 and linked to
Harrogate the following year. A similar engine shed survives incomplete at
Wetherby (see under York Road).

Listing NGR: SE4383046561

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26606035

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Recommended Books

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)