The Engine Shed is Lincolnshire’s only surviving example of a four-track, dead-end railway building, constructed by Great Northern Railways in 1874 to house its steam locomotives.

The engine shed has fallen out of use by the 1960s until the University of Lincoln began to develop the site into a new student centre in 2005. The engine shed’s new life as the region’s largest live music venue began in September 2006.

The original structure is now an internal feature of the current building but can still be seen through the glass frontage of the Tower Bar.

The alterations to this building were designed by the University’s own architectural team and won a RICS award in 2007.

The conversion of the Engine Shed dramatically transformed the night life of the Brayford Pool area by creating a venue visited by students and the public alike.

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