Description

SJ 46 SW WAVERTON C.P. SAIGHTON LANE (West Side)

1/22 The Old Station

GV II

Formerly railway station, now offices: dated 1897 for LNWR at the expense of the 1st Duke of Westminster. English bond red Ruabon brick with red sandstone dressings. Hipped Lakeland green slate roof, with pointed lead finials. 3 brick chimneys with twisted stacks and stone mouldings. 1-storey, 6-bay west front. Moulded stone plinth, plain strip pilasters carrying moulded cornice, pilasters with capstones formerly carrying platform canopy. Central doorway in moulded surround has basket-arched head with 2-light fanlight above. 5 other doors, 4 with shouldered flat heads, and 2-light basket-arched fanlights. Similar lights in 2 mullioned and transomed windows. East front has more ordered facade with central 3 bays stepping forward under a hipped roof supported on 4 massive wooden brackets. Date plaque and monogram over the door. Interior: 6 rooms in a line. From north to south they are lavatory, stationmasters office, ticket office, parcel office, porter's room, ladies waiting room. All have pine panelled dado and some have simple stone fireplaces.

Listing NGR: SJ4495263554

External Links

• Waverton railway station at Wikipedia
• Wikidata IDs Q26423633 Q7975505

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)