Wellingborough Railway Station Goods Shed, Midland Road, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. Historic Building Recording (OASIS ID: alanbaxt2-363020)

Recording of the Goods Shed at Wellingborough Railway Station was undertaken by Alan Baxter Ltd in July 2019. The level 2 investigation was commissioned by Network Rail following the approval of listed building consent for alterations to the canopies of the station to allow for electrification of the Midland Main Line to Corby. Also included are works to the Goods Shed in order to bring it into public use as part of platform 1. The investigation consists of a written and photographic record of this typical mid-Victorian railway goods shed. The goods shed has been identified by Historic England as one of the best preserved on the operational rail network and is listed at Grade II. In particular, it retains the internal wooden platform and its two goods cranes. Recording precedes refurbishment and incorporation of the building into the public areas of platform 1. Wellingborough Goods Shed is believed to have been designed and built as part of the Midland Railway station development in 1857, with matching architectural features. C. H. Driver, the architect of Wellingborough Station, may therefore have had a hand its design. It is an archetypal, small 'through-type' goods shed and was built to facilitate the arrival and dispatch of all manner of general goods, serving the town of Wellingborough. The goods shed was extended to the south and to the west at some point prior to 1941, trebling its size, although the extension has since been demolished.

2019年7月，艾伦·巴克斯特有限公司（Alan Baxter Ltd）承接了韦林伯勒火车站货棚的档案记录工作。本次二级建筑调查由英国铁路网公司（Network Rail）委托开展，此前该公司已获批车站雨棚改建的登录建筑许可，以推进米德兰主线（Midland Main Line）至科比（Corby）段的电气化改造工程。本次工作同时涵盖该货棚的改造工程，旨在将其改造为1号站台的公共区域并投入使用。本次调查包含对这座典型维多利亚中期铁路货棚的书面报告与影像档案留存。该货棚被英国历史古迹委员会（Historic England）认定为英国运营铁路网络中保存最为完好的货棚之一，且被列入二级登录建筑（Grade II）名录，其尤为完整保留了内部木质站台与两台货物起重机。本次记录工作于该货棚启动翻新改造并并入1号站台公共区域之前完成。据考证，韦林伯勒货棚于1857年作为米德兰铁路车站扩建项目的一部分设计建造，建筑风格与车站整体协调统一。韦林伯勒车站的建筑师C·H·德赖弗（C. H. Driver）大概率参与了该货棚的设计工作。该货棚为典型的小型贯通式货棚，最初用于承接各类普通货物的到发业务，为韦林伯勒镇提供货运服务。该货棚曾于1941年之前的某个时段向南侧与西侧扩建，规模增至原有的三倍，但扩建部分现已被拆除。