diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/inc/MantidDataHandling/LoadNexusProcessed.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/inc/MantidDataHandling/LoadNexusProcessed.h
index 5f7a6ed48a04..b5860a9cad90 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/inc/MantidDataHandling/LoadNexusProcessed.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/inc/MantidDataHandling/LoadNexusProcessed.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 // Includes
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 #include "MantidAPI/IFileLoader.h"
+#include "MantidAPI/ITableWorkspace.h"
 
 #include "MantidNexus/NexusClasses.h"
 #include <nexus/NeXusFile.hpp>
@@ -92,6 +93,13 @@ namespace Mantid
 
       API::Workspace_sptr loadTableEntry(Mantid::NeXus::NXEntry& entry);
 
+      /// Loads a vector column to the TableWorkspace.
+      template<typename Type>
+      void loadVectorColumn(const Mantid::NeXus::NXData& tableData,
+                            const std::string& dataSetName,
+                            const API::ITableWorkspace_sptr& tableWs,
+                            const std::string& columnType);
+
 	  API::Workspace_sptr loadPeaksEntry(Mantid::NeXus::NXEntry & entry);
 
       API::MatrixWorkspace_sptr loadEventEntry(Mantid::NeXus::NXData & wksp_cls,Mantid::NeXus::NXDouble & xbins,
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/src/LoadNexusProcessed.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/src/LoadNexusProcessed.cpp
index 3cceae3c32e0..2931ab5e2afb 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/src/LoadNexusProcessed.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/src/LoadNexusProcessed.cpp
@@ -576,45 +576,63 @@ API::Workspace_sptr LoadNexusProcessed::loadTableEntry(NXEntry & entry)
       }
       else if ( info.type == NX_INT32 ) // A vector_int column
       {
-        NXDataSetTyped<int> data = nx_tw.openNXDataSet<int>(str.c_str());
-        std::string columnTitle = data.attributes("name");
-        if ( ! columnTitle.empty() )
-        {
-          workspace->addColumn("vector_int", columnTitle);
+        loadVectorColumn<int>(nx_tw, str, workspace, "vector_int");
+      }
+    }
 
-          const size_t rowCount = info.dims[0];
-          const size_t blockSize = info.dims[1];
+    columnNumber++;
+  
+  } while ( 1 );
 
-          workspace->setRowCount(rowCount);
+  return boost::static_pointer_cast<API::Workspace>(workspace);
+}
 
-          data.load();
+/**
+ * Loads a vector column to the TableWorkspace.
+ * @param tableData   :: Table data to load from
+ * @param dataSetName :: Name of the data set to use to get column data
+ * @param tableWs     :: Workspace to add column to
+ * @param columnType  :: Name of the column type to create
+ */
+template<typename Type>
+void LoadNexusProcessed::loadVectorColumn(const NXData& tableData,
+                                          const std::string& dataSetName,
+                                          const ITableWorkspace_sptr& tableWs,
+                                          const std::string& columnType)
+{
+  NXDataSetTyped<Type> data = tableData.openNXDataSet<Type>(dataSetName.c_str());
+  std::string columnTitle = data.attributes("name");
+  if ( ! columnTitle.empty() )
+  {
+    tableWs->addColumn(columnType, columnTitle);
 
-          for ( size_t i = 0; i < rowCount; ++i )
-          {
-            auto& cell = workspace->cell< std::vector<int> >(i, workspace->columnCount() - 1);
+    NXInfo info = tableData.getDataSetInfo(dataSetName.c_str());
+    const size_t rowCount = info.dims[0];
+    const size_t blockSize = info.dims[1];
 
-            int* from = data() + blockSize * i;
+    // This might've been done already, but doing it twice should't do any harm
+    tableWs->setRowCount(rowCount);
 
-            cell.assign(from, from + blockSize);
+    data.load();
 
-            std::ostringstream rowSizeAttrName; rowSizeAttrName << "row_size_" << i;
+    for ( size_t i = 0; i < rowCount; ++i )
+    {
+      auto& cell = tableWs->cell< std::vector<Type> >(i, tableWs->columnCount() - 1);
 
-            // This is ugly, but I can only get attribute as a string using the API
-            std::istringstream rowSizeStr( data.attributes(rowSizeAttrName.str()) );
+      Type* from = data() + blockSize * i;
 
-            int rowSize; rowSizeStr >> rowSize;
+      cell.assign(from, from + blockSize);
 
-            cell.resize(rowSize);
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
+      std::ostringstream rowSizeAttrName; rowSizeAttrName << "row_size_" << i;
 
-    columnNumber++;
-  
-  } while ( 1 );
+      // This is ugly, but I can only get attribute as a string using the API
+      std::istringstream rowSizeStr( data.attributes(rowSizeAttrName.str()) );
 
-  return boost::static_pointer_cast<API::Workspace>(workspace);
+      int rowSize; rowSizeStr >> rowSize;
+
+      cell.resize(rowSize);
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------