AberdeenBill Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Hi all, Here are a couple of interesting re-uses of old railway buildings/structures: An intriguing dwelling at Settle, converted from the old water tower: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4254332 The former level-crossing gatehouse at Lincoln St Marks station is now a fish and chip shop! http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2800509 Any others?? Thanks, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted November 23, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2014 The water tower at Settle was featured on a TV program a couple of years ago. The BR built signal box at Murrow was converted into a dwelling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 This, much-extended, building was one of several wagon-works that survived into the 1960s in my home-town, Llanelli . It was adapted into industrial premises (initially Weslec) during the late 1960s, and for years retained the original stone buildings, now hidden by modern additions:- https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Sandy+Rd,+Llanelli,+Carmarthenshire+SA15+4DW/@51.6833132,-4.1739226,3a,37.5y,90h,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s3B7-WXtJFQZcU0D1YFZbvA!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x486eec2d32c354bf:0x2fe8f4d3476e3f9?hl=en The aerial view ( https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Sandy+Rd,+Llanelli,+Carmarthenshire+SA15/@51.6835577,-4.1729679,301m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x486eec2d32c354bf:0x2fe8f4d3476e3f9?hl=en) shows the works, which was served from the Sandy branch of the Burry Port and Gwendreath Valley railway. The dark line to the right is the track-bed of the former Llanelli and Mynydd Mawr Railway; parallel to this, to its left, was the Nevill's Dock and Railway (never absorbed by the GWR, nor Nationalised), built on the route of the Carmarthenshire Tramroad. The green area was the site of Sandy Junction Yard; still busy enough in the 1960s to have its own pilot. As a very small child, I would be walked/ pushed to the overbridge to watch the trains; for me, the really fascinating thing was the wagon works, with its traverser and the tractor pushing the wagons... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Miles Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 I am lucky enough to have been given a guided tour of the Settle WaterTower. It has been converted into a really plush home and amazingly meets modern building regulation requirements. Mark Rand, the owner went to great lengths to preserve the structure as much as possible. He had also had an old Settle and Carlisle Navvy hut from Appleby converted into a garage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foulounoux Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 And of course the outlet store at Swindon which now includes the long shop. It even has a Hornby hobbies outlet store. But didn't have too many bargains when I looked yesterday Colin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moggs Eye Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 My favourite reused railway building is still the goods shed converted into an overall roof at Mansfield Woodhouse's new station. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold pheaton Posted November 23, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2014 Cheltenham.... i believe the only town with two surviving steam sheds.... 1 is a travis perkins (ex malvern road) 2 is a carpet warehouse (tewkesbury road ex gas works) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium cold-ash Posted November 23, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2014 The goods shed at Bourne End is an auction house these days, and there's always the Signal Box cafe at Totnes. George Clarkes Amazing Spaces on channel 4 featured an old wooden signal cabin this week. My own dream is for a signal box with the downstairs as a small brew plant and the upstairs as a little micro pub. Sigh, back to work tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted November 24, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 24, 2014 http://www.retfordpeople.co.uk/New-look-old-loco-shed-attracts-lots/story-16994955-detail/story.html The Scotsman comment is a little 'ambitious' however the building and other associated buildings used by Network Rail, survives. The GN Goods Shed is there too. It is partly a Gym and retains the old internal crane. A much older building in 36E http://www.oldstationhousebandb-retford.co.uk/is the remains of the old Thrumpton GC Station. Several old Crossing Keeper's cottages locally, are private dwellings and have been for a long time. I think the Main Halls at the NRM are probably the biggest reuses? Or maybe Manchester Central is? P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mike Bellamy Posted November 24, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 24, 2014 Of course being from Derby we have to mention the Roundhouse - originally part of Derby Works and then fully renovated with the help of Heritage Lottery funding and incorporated into Derby College. Most of the rest of the building has been converted into teaching areas and a library but the Roundhouse is now an exhibition space used for all sorts of events. Have a look here and view the 360' video - then imagine being there in May for the Derby Exhibition - we will fill all of that (and more) for our first Roundhouse Show after previously organising shows at Moorways and the Assembly Rooms - both venues now unavailable. http://roundhouse-events.co.uk/ . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Wetherby loco shed is now an events hall http://www.engineshedwetherby.co.uk/ NER roundhouse in Leeds is ownedby a truck hire company http://www.lostrailwayswestyorkshire.co.uk/images/Leeds/Roundhouse/DSCN4381.jpg Morley goods depot is now a ATS garage http://www.lostrailwayswestyorkshire.co.uk/images/Ardsley%20Laisterdyke/Morley%20Top/DSCN4022.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted November 24, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 24, 2014 Pocklington Goods shed is a community hall of some sort. I once saw students sitting an exam in it....poor souls. Lincoln Loco Shed(Midland?) is a Student Union building. P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumbleweed Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 The Roundhouse in Camden, North London, ( http://www.roundhouse.org.uk/about-us/history-of-the-roundhouse/), where, I believe, Hawkwind's legendary "Silver Machine" was recorded! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted November 25, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 25, 2014 The Roundhouse in Camden, North London, ( http://www.roundhouse.org.uk/about-us/history-of-the-roundhouse/), where, I believe, Hawkwind's legendary "Silver Machine" was recorded! ...and Status Quo did their recent 'Aquostic' gig.......not everyone's cup of Quo, but I enjoyed most of it. P P.S. I think there is a book based around the contents of this thread, or have I missed an existing one? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Pocklington Goods shed is a community hall of some sort. I once saw students sitting an exam in it....poor souls. Lincoln Loco Shed(Midland?) is a Student Union building. P Lincoln GN shed, or could be GC(?) is incorporated into the university buildings as above. The former DMU shed at the other end of the station is now home to Stagecoach buses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted November 25, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 25, 2014 What was Lincoln St. Marks Station (part) is now a small parade of shops. P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted November 26, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 26, 2014 Wide range of re-uses, really, some interesting ones already mentioned on here. Consider Bath Green Park - now part of a Sainsburys and a public space. At the opposite end of the spectrum, the old station building at Hele & Bradninch, which a local community group are renting and hoping to convert to a local museum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Doncaster Green Posted November 26, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 26, 2014 Nottingham London Road (Low Level), the original Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston and Eastern Junction Terminus taken over by the Great Northern has been restored and is now a fitness centre. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JohnR Posted November 26, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 26, 2014 If anyone wants a project.... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2849418/Paradise-trainspotters-hell-earth-Disused-railway-linesman-s-hut-goes-market-10-000.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted November 26, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 26, 2014 If anyone wants a project.... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2849418/Paradise-trainspotters-hell-earth-Disused-railway-linesman-s-hut-goes-market-10-000.html I would take the £20,000 and offer to dismantle the hut then rebuild it somewhere else. There seems to be quite a bit of land attached to the building and this seems to be the attraction to the developers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 We did our first 'away' show with Deepcar here, http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/920526 in 1991 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted November 26, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 26, 2014 We did our first 'away' show with Deepcar here, http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/920526 in 1991 Very Nice. I remember now that Tavistock SR Station is a smart B & B. There are lovely private homes in former stations all over the country. One of my favourites is Baynards, on the old Horsham, Christs Hospital, Guildford line (near Horsham in fact). P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted November 26, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 26, 2014 No-one seems to have mentioned this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Central_Convention_Complex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted November 26, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 26, 2014 No-one seems to have mentioned this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Central_Convention_Complex I mentioned it but did not give such a good link. You must have quite a lot of stuff in your part of the world dudds? Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted November 26, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 26, 2014 I mentioned it but did not give such a good link. You must have quiet a lot of stuff in your part of the world dudds? Phil A few old stations and crossing cottages are now dwellings, but the former tramway (closed 1947) weighbridge in my village now hosts the bottle bank! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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