Description

HALTWHISTLE STATION ROAD
NY 76 SW
(East side)
16/30 Ticket office and
22.8.73 waiting room, west
of Station House
GV II

Waiting room and former ticket office (the latter now a Tourist Information
Centre). 1838, probably by Benjamin Green for the Newcastle and Carlisle
Railway Company. Dressed stone, Welsh slate roof and ashlar chimney stack.
L-plan: main block with wing on right rear. Tudor style. Single storey.
4-bay front has low plinth and quoins. Enlarged C20 doorway at left; 6-panel
door at right in chamfered surround under hoodmould. C19 circular clock face
in wall beside right doorway. Two 2-light chamfered-mullioned windows between
doorways with replaced sashes under hoodmoulds. Moulded stone gutter brackets.
Roof has coped gables with square blocks at apexes and shaped kneelers.
Central octagonal-plan ridge stack with moulded top band. 2-bay rear wing has
similar fenestration and details. Included for group value.

(G. Whittle, The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, 1979).

Listing NGR: NY7045963816

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26297308

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990