Description

WENDENS AMBO AUDLEY END
1.
5222
Main building on east
side of track at
Audley End Railway Station
(formerly listed as
Audley End Railway Station)
TL 5136 35/798 1.9.71

II

2.
Built circa 1845 by Francis Thompson, railway architect of the early C19 whose
work (mainly in the north Midlands) includes notably, Chester Station. In
1845 "The Builder" attributed both Great Chesterford and Audley End stations
to Francis Thompson. A rectangular yellow gault brick building with a parapet
and ornamental stucco band. Two storeys. Three window range on the west
and east fronts and one window range on the north and south ends, double-hung
sashes with semi-circular heads, in stucco architraves. The east front has
a covered carriage approach with corresponding stucco arches and coursed pillars.
The west front has a C20 platform canopy, without a fascia, on original cast
iron ornamental brackets. (RCHM 4).

Listing NGR: TL5161036304

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Audley End railway station at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q2574881

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