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

• Historic England Listing
• Waverton railway station at Wikipedia
• Wikidata IDs Q26423633 Q7975505

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Recommended Books

• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living