RMweb Premium Kris Posted May 19, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 19, 2021 A rather bizarre find for a builder. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14975281/builder-train-carriage-bungalow/ I am glad that the carriage has been saved. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted May 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 19, 2021 In the days when I was doing EPCs, I found one of these. A GWR 38'6 clerestory (minus roof) in the middle of a 4-bedroom bungalow close to Aldermaston station. Even as a railway enthusiast, it took me a while to realise what I had found. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheatley Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 There is a large bungalow near Wakefield built around an old carriage. The local authority tried several times to have it demolished as it had no planning permission but failed every time. Apparently, because the carriage was in use as a dwelling before the relevant laws came into force it doesn't need permission and neither does any 'extention' to it. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted May 19, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 19, 2021 I know of another bungalow in Cornwall that is built around a carriage. It came up for sale a few months ago. It was interesting enough to have a good look at (as a potential purchaser). The carriage was not easy to notice. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted May 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 19, 2021 (edited) There are quite a few around. This group is at Winchelsea Beach in Sussex. I seem to remember a very up market one coming up for sale a few years back. I think that it was at or near Selsey. All the compartments had been retained as individual rooms. I thought that there had been a thread about properties like these as part of a conversation about 'Plotlands' - the land made available to veterans of WW1, on which all sorts of homes were erected. I can't see it here. Maybe it was while I was on Flickr. In a similar vein some of the houseboats at Shoreham-by-sea have motor vehicles in their structures. Edited May 19, 2021 by phil_sutters 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium t-b-g Posted May 20, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 20, 2021 (edited) There are quite a few in the collection of beach huts/residences at Dungeness. Last time we went there, a chap was doing some work on one and we went to speak to him about it. He let us have a look inside and on the internal (non visible from walking past) side, the carriage was still in pre-grouping varnished teak livery with all its original lettering. They were put there as holiday homes for railway staff from Ashford. A quick google search on Dungeness railway carriage houses will find a few references. edit to add a link https://theromneymarsh.net/dungenessbuildings Edited May 20, 2021 by t-b-g to add link 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JohnR Posted May 20, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 20, 2021 13 hours ago, Joseph_Pestell said: In the days when I was doing EPCs, I found one of these. A GWR 38'6 clerestory (minus roof) in the middle of a 4-bedroom bungalow close to Aldermaston station. Even as a railway enthusiast, it took me a while to realise what I had found. But what rating did you give it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 I lived in Bognor Regis for a short time in 1988-9. There were a lot of railway carriage-based bungalows around there. I lived in Felpham, which is the eastern extremity of Bognor, and there was a little clutch of them near Butlin's; but Pagham, at the far western end of town, had loads. Most of them had been "built on to" quite extensively, with all manner of lean-tos, new roofs etc., but there were plenty where you could still see the tumblehome of the carriage sides and some where the whole end profile of the coach was clearly visible in the end walls. Most of them seem to have been rebuilt to the point where nothing railwayish is visible any more; but all these were taken off Google Streetview today: Pagham: Pagham again (a bit of panelling visible in the middle) Felpham (a couple of survivors) Jim 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheatley Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 12 hours ago, phil_sutters said: In a similar vein some of the houseboats at Shoreham-by-sea have motor vehicles in their structures. Not to mention ordnance ! Or at least drop tanks. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted May 20, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Wheatley said: Not to mention ordnance ! Or at least drop tanks. Not on this one though! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastairq Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 There used to be a small bungalow sat between two sections of railway carriage, just to the north of Gristhorpe village , between Filey and Scarborough. On a slight hill, it could be seen clearly from the main road as the road curved round to enter the village proper. I don't think it is there now? Plus, the roads themselves have changed out of all proportion from when I drove for United and EYMS on the 121 route. [The Plough Inn used to be on the landward side of the main road...now it is on the seaward side!!!!] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted May 20, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 20, 2021 6 hours ago, JohnR said: But what rating did you give it? I don't remember but I don't suppose a large sprawling 1950/60s bungalow did very well. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted May 20, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 20, 2021 Here in coastal Norfolk I can see half a dozen railway carriage bungalows, from my front window. some fairly obvious, others are mostly enclosed. It must have been quite an exersize getting them there, down single track lanes with 90degree corners. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrea506 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 There are three of these at Sutton on Sea near Mablethorpe. Two are occupied, the third was subject to an arson attack a few years back and has not so far been restored. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roythebus1 Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 When I was house hunting on the Romney Marsh in 2002 I looked at a house at New Beach between Dymchurch and Hythe, an 8 bedroom house. It looked very 1970s build and inside were no1 but 2 carriages parallel to each other with about 12' between them. They were totally enclosed by the brickwork. At 90 degrees across the far end was a mezzanine floor with more living space. Ic couldn't get a mortgage so that purchase never went ahead. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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