Description

SOWERBY BRIDGE STATION ROAD SE 0423 & SE 0523 (south side) 12/240 Station Surgery GV II Police Station now surgery. Dated 1894. Squared rubblestone brought to course, Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Gothic style. Station Road front: central bay gabled and projecting; right bay gabled and set back. Left bay has elliptical-arched quoined doorway with moulded surround and cornice. Above is plaque in quoined chamfered surround inscribed 'Police Station 1894'. Central bay has 4-light window with 3-light window above, both in quoined moulded surrounds with dripmoulds. Right bay is masked by single-storey C20 addition (in keeping but destroying balance of facade). On lst floor is 3-light window as before. Moulded copings, corniced stacks to right of ridges of gabled bays. Rear (onto Victoria Road): right bay gabled. Central gabled porch with door as front under hoodmould, coped gable with ball finials and small window in each return. Windows, as front, of 2, 3 and 4 lights. Chamfered eaves band to left bays, moulded coping to right bay and stack in its right roof pitch.

Listing NGR: SE0598823411

External Links

• Wikidata Q26427860

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