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

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26427860

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide