GWR 1920s & 30s engine running shed colours

[GWR57xx]

Just wondering what colours would be used to paint engine running sheds?

Would it be the same colour scheme as applied to station buildings, signal boxes etc (i.e. involving light & dark stone)?

The usual sources (gwr.org.uk & stationcolours.info) don't appear to offer any specific guidance for engine sheds, possibly because they were generally out of the public gaze?

I'm putting together a model of a Churchward standard two road straight shed, using Leamington Spa and Stratford on Avon as examples.

From the Warwickshire Railways website:

https://www.warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/gwrls2165c.htm

 

 

https://www.warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/gwrsa1573.htm

 

 

I believe the inside walls would have been white above ~5 feet and black below, and the same for the inside faces of the doors?

 As for the outer faces of the doors, from the above two photos it appears they would also be black & white, although difficult to tell from a B&W photo!

 

Would this be feasible?:

 

Please excuse the shoddy brushwork - this was just a mock-up to see how it looked.

I quite like it - but might it be prototypical?

 

Would light / dark stone be used anywhere else on a running shed?

e.g. rainwater goods, chimney stacks, internal doors, cupboards etc?

 

Thanks for any assistance...

 

[Miss Prism]

The pictures you show are pre-WWI, when chocolate was commonly used for the lower part of shed doors. That colour probably continued to be shown until a repaint, which would likely have been in light and dark stone.

 

Here's Marlborough in 1929:

http://www.gwr.org.uk/water-cranes/1499-marlborough-23may1929.jpg

 

 

Edited February 12 by Miss Prism

[GWR57xx]

Thanks @Miss Prism, I wasn’t aware of that. 

Edited February 13 by GWR57xx

[Miss Prism]

https://www.warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/gwrt1452.htm

 

Again, this is 1908, but I think the dark colour used for the lower part of the walls continued even after the arrival of dark stone.

 

The colour of the smoke hoods is unknown. They didn't last like that for long!

 

[Harlequin]

The GWR Structure Colours book (1912-1947) says this for loco shed doors, in summary:

Typically:

• Below 5ft (or below half height), either black or chocolate (Standard Tint No. 4)
• Above 5ft (or above half height), Standard Tint No. 2 for the vertical boarding. Frames and any visible ledges and bracing picked out in Standard Tint No.3.
• The same scheme applied inside and out.
• If there were fixed timber panels beside the doors the same scheme applied to them.
• All ironwork, black

But there were local variations and sometimes doors would be painted Standard Tint No. 3 all over.

 

Edited February 13 by Harlequin
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[GWR57xx]

1 hour ago, Harlequin said:

The GWR Structure Colours book (1912-1947) says this for loco shed doors

 

Sounds like a very useful book - I’ve just ordered a copy. Thanks H.

[bécasse]

Wasn't maroon used as the "dark" colour in certain places at one time?

[GWR57xx]

Doors redone as described in the book (I think).

 

These need a bit of touching up yet - my painting ability is a bit rubbish!