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Kidderminster was GWR shed number 125, code KDR, and was part of the Worcester division. The shed was situated on the south side of the line between [[Hoo Road Bridge]] and [[Worcester Road Bridge]] (on the left when travelling from Kidderminster towards Bewdley). It was built in between 1930 and 1932 under the Loans & Guarantees Act (1929) to replace the [[Kidderminster mainline station#Locomotive shed|original smaller single-road GWR shed]] which was situated adjacent to [[Kidderminster mainline station]].<ref name=Lyons>[[Bibliography#Other References|Lyons (1972)]] p. 180.</ref> The extract from Ordnance Survey Map SO87, surveyed 1938 - 1949, published 1951, shows the later location.

It required some existing properties and land to be acquired in 1930 before work could begin.<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, November 1930 and June 1932</ref> The structure which housed the locomotives was steel framed with corrugated sheeting, and was previously the 1921 engine shed from Basseleg, Newport on the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway.<ref name=Lyons/> Dimensions were 200' by 30', and it accommodated 10 locomotives over the two roads.<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, January 1933</ref> Along the side of the shed (to the right of the shed in the picture) was a row of brick built offices with a sloping slate roof which served as the Foreman’s office, stores, fitters’ shop, enginemen’s cabin and shed men’s rest room. Two water columns and pits served the two roads into the shed. The picture also shows a small sand furnace building to the right of the water column. The coaling stage was further to the right, out of sight in the picture.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books| Barfield (1994)]] p. 21.</ref>