One of the earliest survivors of York's railway history to be restored - the boundary wall of an old workshop

The York and North Midland Railway boundary stone on Lowther Terrace has fallen into disrepair due to deterioration caused by freeze and thaw from a damaged gutter above it.

It is set in the wall of the old YNMR – later North Eastern Railway – works on Queen Street, and was installed between 1839 and 1854; historians believe it may be the only boundary stone from the era still left.

The building was a joiner’s workshop, which in the British Rail period became a motor garage and later a car hire facility.

The stone was erected to mark the boundary of a large area of railway land that stretched to Leeman Road and up Poppleton Road. A similar example is on display in the nearby National Railway Museum.

The Railway Heritage Trust said: “We have awarded a grant of £2,005 to the Yorkshire Architectural and York Archaeological Society to undertake repairs around the YNMR Boundary Stone on Lowther Terrace, York, one of the earliest objects of railway heritage in the city. It's obvious what the problem is!”