A rare long carriage shed survives from the Highland railway works and remains within Inverness’s operational depot landscape.
Quick facts
- Date
- Built around 1860 with later railway additions
- Architect / designer
- Inverness and Nairn Railway and successor railway engineers
- Type
- Long carriage and locomotive works with round-arched sheds and workshops
- Designation
- Listed building, Category B (LB50928)
- OS grid reference
- NH 66929 45638
Architecture and continuing use
A thirty-five-bay sandstone carriage shed is distinguished by repeated round-arched windows and four broad track openings. Taller workshop ranges and later brick additions reveal the site’s evolving engineering functions.
Its story
The Inverness and Nairn Railway established Lochgorm for building and maintaining locomotives and rolling stock. Manufacture later declined, but the works became part of Inverness’s diesel and locomotive depot.
Why it is included
It extends the city’s story beyond the passenger station to the specialised labour, buildings and maintenance systems that keep railways operating.
What to notice
- The exceptional length and repeated round arches of the carriage shed.
- Four gabled track entrances.
- Contrasts between early sandstone and later railway additions.
Reading the surroundings
This is an operational railway depot with no assumed public access. View only from lawful public locations and never enter railway land or obstruct staff.
Timeline
- Built around 1860 with later railway additions The Inverness and Nairn Railway established Lochgorm for building and maintaining locomotives and rolling stock.
- Present Operational railway depot and engineering complex associated with Inverness station.
What we know — and what remains uncertain
Depot ownership and the use of individual workshop ranges can change; the current-use statement applies to the wider operational complex rather than every room.
Sources & further reading
- Historic Environment Scotland: Lochgorm Works, LB50928 — Designation category, mapped location, construction phases, fabric, authorship and architectural interest.
- Railscot: Inverness MPD and Lochgorm Works — Railway history, change from works to diesel depot and present depot context.
Location
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