Description

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TQ27 NW ROCKS LANE
2/6 BARNES STATION
II

Railway station. Built in 1846 by Sir William Tite for the London and South Western
Railway. Tudor Gothic style. Built of red brick in Flemish bond with black lozenge-
shaped diaperwork, stone dressings, slate roof and 3 sets of clustered octagonal
chimneystacks. Double range plan, slightly asymmetrical. Front has 2 storeys
5 windows. Projecting section with central gable with kneelers. Central lancet
with hood moulding to 1st floor and 4 centred arch to ground floor. Left side
has similar lancet windows but right side has 1st floor 3-light mullioned and
transomed casement and ground floor has 3 light casement. To left is one window
with plain casement. 2 storey late C19 or early C20 flatroofed extension to
buffet in matching materials with 1 triple casement. Platform side has 3 gables
dormers with kneelers and double lancets 2 triple mullioned and transomed windows
to ground floor and arched doorcase to a further tall sash window and arched doorcase.
Cast iron octagonal piers with elaborate design to spandrels support the canopy,
now covered with corrugated asbestos. One of 4 Tudor Gothic style stations built
by Sir William Tite for the London and South Western Railway, the others being
Putney, Mortlake and Richmond. Described in 'the Builder' as "pretty country stations,
of red brick with black lozenges, mullioned windows and Tudor chimney stacks, all
quietly and nicely designed".

Listing NGR: TQ2220875699

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Barnes railway station at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q1973974

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)