Great Western Coffee Shop

Does anyone happen to know more about the small (and just demolished) red brick industrial buildings with chimney next to Castle Cary station?

Mark

Edit: the site currently being redeveloped and it appears the buildings remodelled and retained.

South Somerset Council Planning application: 21/02446/FUL

1930 OS map shows it as a creamery.

https://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/media/5094/cd-l-03-heritage-assessment.pdf
Screenshot attached

Design and Access statement pt 1 from planning application has more
https://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/civica/Resource/Civica/Handler.ashx/Doc/pagestream?cd=inline&pdf=true&docno=10208518

Article in the local paper: https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/town-station-caf-creamery-built-6218600

Thanks for this. Planning applications particularly on this sort of site often involve the loss of very repurposable existing buildings, so it's good to see some of the structure retained, (and some rebuilt, see condition 20 in the planning officer's report which addresses the chimney)

"Prior to occupation of the building the chimney shown on drawing numbers shall be rebuilt to match in size,
design, form and materials, including matching size, colour and texture of brick and matching mortar the
chimney which has been removed."

The railway will be wishing it had possession of the site for car parking, mind.

Mark

Apparently, GWR already have sourced a site for car parking and this should be ready by the summer

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/dangerous-castle-cary-train-station-8053200

Interesting. Certainly in the late 50s, when I was at the station most days, quite a considerable number of churns from there were transferred to the station en route to a milk depot in Kensington, London (and possibly some by ordinary train to Bristol). I don't remember there being any products other this fresh milk - but can't be sure.