Site Event/Activity record ECH6652 - Archaeological Building Recording (Level 2): Land off West Street, Crewe

An historic building survey (level 2) of the former early twentieth century railway works buildings that occupy the western end of the Crewe Railway works site, adjacent to West Street, Crewe (SJ 6892 5608), prior to their demolition and redevelopment of the site. These railway buildings are ‘non-designated heritage assets’ and are considered to be of no more than local significance. The survey has identified that parts of Sheds 1 and 3 may include structural elements that relate to the earliest railway sheds on the site, which were constructed at the end of the nineteenth century or beginning of the twentieth century. These sheds were later combined through the addition of Shed 3 between them during the late 1920s. At this time Shed 4 to the south and Shed 5 to the south-west were constructed as part of a substantial expansion of this part of the railway works, following the take-over of the site by the London Midland & Scottish Railway in 1923. Due to the ongoing use of the buildings, there have been numerous functional additions and alterations to these through the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, including the insertion of internal office spaces, which have altered the historical character of these buildings. (1) Updated report issued in January 2020 (2)