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The garage / workshop block is really starting to look the business. Yesterday a chap from Long Preston called by to commend what he thought was a splendid building. It turned out he was an architect so his kind words were all the more welcome.
It is amazing what a lick of paint will do! Both sets of double doors have now been painted, the surrounding woodwork blacked and the oak roof supports oiled with Liberon decking oil, courtesy of Manor Coating Systems. The pictures speak for themselves. The Midland Railway fire bucket hooks and backing board were a welcome find among the components of the Appleby hut. The bottom right picture shows how the garage block compares with the industrial unit next door - not much smaller and nicely in proportion with that unit and with the tower. The barge boards painted black tone well with the creosoted vertical boards of the gable end wall.
The wood stacked up in the car port bay will form the eastern gable wall and the infills under the overhanging eaves.
The green and cream double doors came from Kirkby Stephen station when it was renovated in 2004/5. They have been stored under the platform end at Settle station for the past seven years. They are good as new. Why they were not kept at Kirkby Stephen station is a mystery. Anyway, they have found a good use on the Settle-Carlisle Line so have been saved.
The garage / workshop block is really starting to look the business. Yesterday a chap from Long Preston called by to commend what he thought was a splendid building. It turned out he was an architect so his kind words were all the more welcome.
It is amazing what a lick of paint will do! Both sets of double doors have now been painted, the surrounding woodwork blacked and the oak roof supports oiled with Liberon decking oil, courtesy of Manor Coating Systems. The pictures speak for themselves. The Midland Railway fire bucket hooks and backing board were a welcome find among the components of the Appleby hut. The bottom right picture shows how the garage block compares with the industrial unit next door - not much smaller and nicely in proportion with that unit and with the tower. The barge boards painted black tone well with the creosoted vertical boards of the gable end wall.
The wood stacked up in the car port bay will form the eastern gable wall and the infills under the overhanging eaves.
The green and cream double doors came from Kirkby Stephen station when it was renovated in 2004/5. They have been stored under the platform end at Settle station for the past seven years. They are good as new. Why they were not kept at Kirkby Stephen station is a mystery. Anyway, they have found a good use on the Settle-Carlisle Line so have been saved.
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