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Wareham Railway Station

A Grade II Listed Building in Wareham, Dorset

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Latitude: 50.6928 / 50°41'34"N

Longitude: -2.1152 / 2°6'54"W

OS Eastings: 391955

OS Northings: 88135

OS Grid: SY919881

Mapcode National: GBR 32T.D1M

Mapcode Global: FRA 67G7.V1G

Plus Code: 9C2VMVVM+4W

Entry Name: Wareham Railway Station

Listing Date: 8 April 1976

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1119995

English Heritage Legacy ID: 108027

ID on this website: 101119995

Location: Wareham, Dorset, BH20

County: Dorset

Civil Parish: Wareham Town

Built-Up Area: Wareham

Traditional County: Dorset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset

Church of England Parish: Wareham Lady St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Salisbury

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Description


1.
5190 NORTHPORT
(West Side)

Wareham Railway Station
SY 9188 3/171

II


2.
1886. Built by London and South Western Railway when the Wareham-swanage branch
was opened. The original Southampton and Dorchester Railway station had been
further east, but was moved to the present site in 1864. Red brick with ashlar
dressings. Pitched tile roof. Red brick stacks with ashlar coping. 1 storey
with attics. 2 coped gables with finials and kneelers; that to east shaped, topped
with pediment, and with 3 pilasters taking cornice half way up; that to west has
stone mullioned window, with full entablature and pediment over central part.
Between gables is 1 attic dormer with pargetted front, pitched roof and casements.
2 one-storey extensions with coved eaves cornices at either end. Centre of roof
ridge crowned by octagonal turret, with ogival lead roof and weather-vane. Casement
windows on yard side. Sashes on platform side.
Platform shelters taken on cast iron columns of eclectic design with ornamental
cast iron spandrels which support roof trusses. Pitched corrugated iron roofs
with cut wooden valances. Weatherboard and panelled shelters with contemporary
benches on up platform. Elaborate columns gas standards on both platforms east
and west of shelters.


Listing NGR: SY9195588135

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