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Original Text (Annotation: EPW019255 / 2036365)
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(Receiving Shed / Empty Shell Store) This shed is the larger of the two Receiving Sheds. The floor of the shed is concrete, the walls, are of brick. The shed consists of 14 spans which are covered by a Belfast truss roof. Four spans have an aperture just below the roof line, on the south-east side of the building, possibly, to house an extractor fan? There are 56 goods handling doors which are of the folding type. Services from the boiler-house, pass along the southern-facing wall of the shed and wrap around the corner of the building for first one and a quarter spans, before following the line of the Charging and Assembly Sheds, and continue in a south-easterly direction. Most, if not all of the First World War railway track, has been removed from the verandah loading platforms and area adjacent to the sheds. The Receiving Shed is linked to the Charging Sheds by concrete cleanways. The dimensions of the shed are, 450ft x 120ft, total floor space is 5,400 square feet.
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