From the front of the former Midland Railway engine shed

it looks a little incongruous with the doors being non-central due to the angled wall on the southern side of the building. This strange quirk of the design was due to the need to have a running line passing very close to the building off to the right to give clearance. The polychrome brickwork is also clear to see in this view that was a rare and what would have been a somewhat costly design feature back in 1872 that took a considerable amount of effort to restore when the building was rescued. During its reconstruction, the historic ventilator lantern was reinstated having been removed many years ago.