Survey Data
Reg No
30403614
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Original Use
Railway station
In Use As
House
Date
1890 - 1900
Coordinates
76034, 246637
Date Recorded
24/07/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Detached former railway station and stationmaster's house, built c.1895, now used as private residence. Road elevation faces north-east. Building comprises two-storey house having three-bay front and two-bay rear elevations, with single-storey station proper attached to south-west and having four-bay road and multiple-bay trackside elevation, latter also having canted-bay window and projecting canopy. Gable-fronted north-east bay of front elevation of house projects slightly. Pitched artificial slate roofs with carved and tooled limestone copings to gables, red brick chimneystacks having grey brick upper portions topped with margined rock-faced copings. Exposed king-post trusses to gables. Square-profile cast-iron and replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Platform canopy supported on ornate cast-iron brackets on tooled limestone corbels. Red brick walls with chamfered brick plinth and having black brick bands. Camber-arched window and door openings throughout with moulded brick surrounds, black brick voussoirs and hood-mouldings. Some windows to station and to ground floor of house are paired. Window openings have tooled limestone sills and replacement timber windows. Replacement timber doors. Oculus to upper gable of south-west elevation has moulded black brick surround and stained glass. Concrete coping for platform is in situ. Situated next to road with former signal box to north and engine shed to south-west.
Appraisal
This well executed building, now known as "Railway Lodge", attests to its former importance as a hub of transport and commerce at the end of the nineteenth and early part of the twentieth centuries. The use of moulded and differently coloured brickwork and ornately cast canopy brackets significantly adds to the aesthetic quality of this otherwise functional building.