Listed Building record MDR10354 - Former engine house, Great Northern Road, Derby

Engine House, Great Northern Road. Red and blue brick engine house with slate roof and corbelled eaves of Italianate style. Built by Kirk and Randall of Sleaford in 1877-8 to house machinery for the hydraulic cranes and hoists in the nearby Great Northern Railway warehouse. In recent years it has been used by a fire place manufacturer. (1) The Engine House was built for the Great Northern Railway at their Friargate Station in 1877-8 by Kirk & Randall of Sleaford. It is Italianate in style and built from red and blue brick with Welsh slate roofs. There is a decorative corbelled eaves band and a double chamfered plinth. It is single storey with a two storey tower at the south west corner. The south elevation has six bays arranged symmetrically. Set between the segment headed windows is a 20th century rock-faced fireplace and there is a raised louvred lantern to the roof. The square tower to left has a deeply overhanging hipped roof on brackets and three round-arched louvred lights to the first floor on three sides. In the centre of the north elevation there is a large round-arched double doorway with blocked tympanum. The east end has a pedimented gable with circular louvred opening. The engine house was built to provide power for the hydraulic cranes and hoists in the adjoining warehouse. (2)