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<blockquote data-quote="HughieD" data-source="post: 360352" data-attributes="member: 25516"><p><strong><u>1. The History</u></strong></p><p>The bonded Railway Warehouse was built for the Great Northern Railway (GNR) at their Friargate Station in Derby between 1877-8 by Kirk & Randall of Sleaford. Constructed of red brick with a Welsh slate and glazed roof, it was rectangular in shape with triangular office block with a mezzanine floor to the east. The main part of the warehouse was built over three floors. The basement level was used for storing bonded goods of all types. The next floor provided more storage whilst the top floor served as a grain store and featured two grain chutes and ten hydraulic cranes</p><p></p><p>Services stopped operating from Friargate station in 1963 and from the goods yard in 1968. Hence it has now stood empty for over half-a-century. It was listed as Grade II in 1986. Planning was granted to the current owners, Clowes, in October 2011 for 140 homes, offices, cafés and shops, while turning the warehouse into a supermarket. However, in June, 2015, the firm revealed that a downturn in financial fortunes for Britain’s supermarkets had prevented progress. In 2017 national architecture charity the Victorian Society included The Great Northern Railway Warehouse on its 2017 top-10 endangered buildings list. The year after, in 2018, Clowes confirmed that it still intends to restore the warehouse building to its former glory, having announced a deal to create the school on the nine-acres of Friar Gate Goods Yard.</p><p></p><p>Nearby is the Derby Friargate Goods Yard Engine House which is in equally a poor state. The engine house supplied power to the hydraulic lifts and capstans at the Great Northern Railway goods warehouse. The building pictured in 2012:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjYVG8">[ATTACH=full]253570[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjYVG8">Friargate engine house</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Picture © Copyright Stephen Richards</p><p></p><p>During the buildings later years the Friargate Pine Company took it over, using it as a warehouse and fireplace show room. However, it was ravaged by fire in 2013 very sadly causing the death of a homeless man sleeping inside died.</p><p></p><p><strong><u>2. The Explore</u></strong></p><p>After a fail at a nearby mill, this place was also a fail. It is completely secured and even after two circuits of this massive building, getting in was wasn’t going to be a possibility. A ladder would have got me up to the 1st floor windows but even then, it would have been touch and got if I could squeeze through the rough-iron windows frames. The current owners have secured it good and proper which explains the lack of recent reports on this place. However, given the number of external shots I got plus the nice graff and the nearby engine house made it still worth a report.</p><p></p><p><strong><u>3. The Pictures</u></strong></p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjpSVL">[ATTACH=full]253571[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjpSVL">img1433</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>The western end:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjpNe1">[ATTACH=full]253572[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjpNe1">img1434</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>And some decent graff to be fair:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjqd3p">[ATTACH=full]253573[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjqd3p">img1435</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjpEMY">[ATTACH=full]253574[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjpEMY">img1436</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>The northern side:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjpLwA">[ATTACH=full]253575[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjpLwA">img1437</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>The massive iron roof girders:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjpwQv">[ATTACH=full]253576[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjpwQv">img1438</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjsY3F">[ATTACH=full]253577[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjsY3F">img1439</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>A tantalising glimpse inside:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjtMFw">[ATTACH=full]253578[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjtMFw">GNR Warehouse Derby 03</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>The warehouse offices at the eastern end:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjtHtX">[ATTACH=full]253579[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjtHtX">GNR Warehouse Derby 01</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>And another peek inside:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjtAE1">[ATTACH=full]253580[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjtAE1">GNR Warehouse Derby 04</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>The southern side:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjp5aX">[ATTACH=full]253581[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjp5aX">img1450</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjpmrL">[ATTACH=full]253582[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjpmrL">img1456</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjtGiR">[ATTACH=full]253583[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjtGiR">GNR Warehouse Derby 02</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjpvvN">[ATTACH=full]253584[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjpvvN">img1451</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjoXWQ">[ATTACH=full]253585[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjoXWQ">img1452</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjpheN">[ATTACH=full]253586[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjpheN">img1457</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjoyVp">[ATTACH=full]253587[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjoyVp">img1461</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjtomJ">[ATTACH=full]253588[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjtomJ">GNR Warehouse Derby 06</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>On to the engine house:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjtzVL">[ATTACH=full]253589[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjtzVL">img1462</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjts6E">[ATTACH=full]253590[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjts6E">img1465</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Also pretty much gone inside too:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjtBJN">[ATTACH=full]253591[/ATTACH]</a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2gjtBJN">GNR Warehouse Derby 07</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/">HughieDW</a>, on Flickr</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HughieD, post: 360352, member: 25516"] [B][U]1. The History[/U][/B] The bonded Railway Warehouse was built for the Great Northern Railway (GNR) at their Friargate Station in Derby between 1877-8 by Kirk & Randall of Sleaford. Constructed of red brick with a Welsh slate and glazed roof, it was rectangular in shape with triangular office block with a mezzanine floor to the east. The main part of the warehouse was built over three floors. The basement level was used for storing bonded goods of all types. The next floor provided more storage whilst the top floor served as a grain store and featured two grain chutes and ten hydraulic cranes Services stopped operating from Friargate station in 1963 and from the goods yard in 1968. Hence it has now stood empty for over half-a-century. It was listed as Grade II in 1986. Planning was granted to the current owners, Clowes, in October 2011 for 140 homes, offices, cafés and shops, while turning the warehouse into a supermarket. However, in June, 2015, the firm revealed that a downturn in financial fortunes for Britain’s supermarkets had prevented progress. In 2017 national architecture charity the Victorian Society included The Great Northern Railway Warehouse on its 2017 top-10 endangered buildings list. The year after, in 2018, Clowes confirmed that it still intends to restore the warehouse building to its former glory, having announced a deal to create the school on the nine-acres of Friar Gate Goods Yard. Nearby is the Derby Friargate Goods Yard Engine House which is in equally a poor state. The engine house supplied power to the hydraulic lifts and capstans at the Great Northern Railway goods warehouse. The building pictured in 2012: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjYVG8][ATTACH=full]253570[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjYVG8]Friargate engine house[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr Picture © Copyright Stephen Richards During the buildings later years the Friargate Pine Company took it over, using it as a warehouse and fireplace show room. However, it was ravaged by fire in 2013 very sadly causing the death of a homeless man sleeping inside died. [B][U]2. The Explore[/U][/B] After a fail at a nearby mill, this place was also a fail. It is completely secured and even after two circuits of this massive building, getting in was wasn’t going to be a possibility. A ladder would have got me up to the 1st floor windows but even then, it would have been touch and got if I could squeeze through the rough-iron windows frames. The current owners have secured it good and proper which explains the lack of recent reports on this place. However, given the number of external shots I got plus the nice graff and the nearby engine house made it still worth a report. [B][U]3. The Pictures[/U][/B] [url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjpSVL][ATTACH=full]253571[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjpSVL]img1433[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr The western end: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjpNe1][ATTACH=full]253572[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjpNe1]img1434[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr And some decent graff to be fair: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjqd3p][ATTACH=full]253573[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjqd3p]img1435[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjpEMY][ATTACH=full]253574[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjpEMY]img1436[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr The northern side: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjpLwA][ATTACH=full]253575[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjpLwA]img1437[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr The massive iron roof girders: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjpwQv][ATTACH=full]253576[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjpwQv]img1438[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjsY3F][ATTACH=full]253577[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjsY3F]img1439[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr A tantalising glimpse inside: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjtMFw][ATTACH=full]253578[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjtMFw]GNR Warehouse Derby 03[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr The warehouse offices at the eastern end: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjtHtX][ATTACH=full]253579[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjtHtX]GNR Warehouse Derby 01[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr And another peek inside: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjtAE1][ATTACH=full]253580[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjtAE1]GNR Warehouse Derby 04[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr The southern side: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjp5aX][ATTACH=full]253581[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjp5aX]img1450[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjpmrL][ATTACH=full]253582[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjpmrL]img1456[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjtGiR][ATTACH=full]253583[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjtGiR]GNR Warehouse Derby 02[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjpvvN][ATTACH=full]253584[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjpvvN]img1451[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjoXWQ][ATTACH=full]253585[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjoXWQ]img1452[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjpheN][ATTACH=full]253586[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjpheN]img1457[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjoyVp][ATTACH=full]253587[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjoyVp]img1461[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjtomJ][ATTACH=full]253588[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjtomJ]GNR Warehouse Derby 06[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr On to the engine house: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjtzVL][ATTACH=full]253589[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjtzVL]img1462[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjts6E][ATTACH=full]253590[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjts6E]img1465[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr Also pretty much gone inside too: [url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjtBJN][ATTACH=full]253591[/ATTACH][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2gjtBJN]GNR Warehouse Derby 07[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92108785@N07/]HughieDW[/url], on Flickr [/QUOTE]
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