FRIAR GATE DERBY
As seen on BBC NEWS!
Friar Gate Goods yard in Derby. The surviving Bonded warehouse for the great Northern Railway dates back to 1877.
The Grade II Listed landmark is now part of a major redevelopment.
Welcome to the Friar Gate Derby project.
*This fantastic building was built originally for the railway infrastructure as a major icon to derby transporting and storing various goods, given the name Goods Yard. The building has been left in a fire damaged abandoned state for years, , CBS were called in to survey the site and produce in detail what we can achieve on this building. Working with the contractors we were able to meet their requirements providing a 4 stage projection.
This Regenerative project is going to cater for food halls, retail and office space for the surrounding area. Accompanied with the new build housing estate surrounding the building.
We Completed the work in March 2026 with x4 Blast operatives and x2 Paint Sprayers.
Project Value Circa £740,000
The Process.
*Whole internal structural steel to be shotblasted back to SA2.5 then primed in a Macropoxy C400 primer ready to be coated with an Intumescent finish.
All done from MEWP access.
*Internal Lead paint removal leaving the original look.
*External Graffiti removal.
*The underground x15 brick arched tunnels
These tunnels were coated in layers of thick white paint. We blasted these back to the original brick finish then washed the whole building down leaving all areas clean.
