Loco Shed

Loco Shed
Location	Boston Lodge South side of Erecting Shop
Register No	112
T. Corner ID	BL025
Operational	Yes
Heritage Status	Thought not to be individually listed but buildings will still be covered by being in the 'curtilage' of the site and part of the 'group value' of the listed buildings. Works to the building will require listed building consent as a 'curtilage building'.
Historical significance	The rear portion (old Carriage Shed) is highly significant and it is a surprise that it isn't listed (if that is the case). Built late nineteenth century and therefore is evidence of the phased development of the site.
Cadw Blg ID	Not applicable.
Description	Solid stone walls under a duo pitched roof with south slope covered with slates and north slope covered with corrugated asbestos cement sheets. Modern (mid-late 1960s) steel framed metal clad extension on west end. New Erecting Shop (No 111) attached on north side.
Present use	Locomotive Shed
Previous use	Rear part of the building used to be a Carriage Shed before the FR revival, and was used as Paint Shop from early revival days. The extension framing was erected 1963-4 and the building gradually completed by volunteer labour. By 1969 it had doors and a concrete floor^[1]. The walls were completed in 1975-6^[2] and it was then used as a Carriage Shed and workshop. In 1981 this work was moved to the new Carriage Works (114)^[3] and the Electrical Dept had the use of the old Paint Shop area until 1987^[4] before it eventually became the Loco Shed.
Condition	The building is generally sound but the side (south) elevation of the old part is in need or repair (but this work may be affected by proposals for a new Loco Shed alongside and rebuilding the existing).
Recent works	2019 - New cladding on roof and walls replacing asbestos and repairing storm damage
Urgent and Immediate Repairs required	The following repairs are urgently required (2013):- Gutter required to side (east) elevation of original building with new down pipe and replace defective gutter to modern building and replace down pipes
Less urgent repairs	(2013) A summary of the repairs required are as follows:- Remove ivy Paint windows Repair eaves boarding and replace any missing or rotten pieces. Refix slipped slates Stabilise ragged wall.
Potential alternative uses	The future use of this building is likely to remain the same for the foreseeable future. Current (2017) plans include major rebuilding^[5] but still to be used as a Loco Shed.

Front of the old stone Shed is obscured by the new steel framed shed built in front.
Loco shed to R of Erecting Shop.
New steel framed shed built in front and on the west side of the Loco Shed. 2013
Side (south) elevation of the old part of the Loco Shedː this was formerly the northern one of the pair of Carriage Sheds. 2013
Rear (east) elevation of Loco Shed 2013.
Part rear (east) elevation 2013
Rear (east) elevation of Loco Shed 2013.
Looking along side (south) elevation of Loco Shed extension. 2013
Looking over valley gutter between Loco Shed and New Erecting Shop ((111) 2013. Valley gutters should normally be wide enough to walk along for cleaning and maintenance!
Part side (south) elevation of Loco Shed 2013
Part side (south) elevation of Loco Shed 2013
Window in side (south) elevation of Loco Shed 2013
Window in side (south) elevation of Loco Shed 2013
Ragged remains of wall at south east corner. This is the last fragment of the southern one (demolished 1956) of the pair of Carriage Sheds. 2013
Rear (east) Elevation 2013
Part Rear (east) Elevation looking over to Carriage Shed 2013
Window in East elevation of Loco Shed 2013
Side (south) elevation of Loco Shed 2013
South side of Loco Shed obscured by clutter 2013.
East elevation of old part
View from south-west of Loco Shed
View of west gable of original stone building in 1964
Original stone building (former Carriage Shed) in 1964
Loco shed interior 2019 showing front of old carriage shed