Description

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8565SW OUT NORTHGATE
639-1/1/510 (West side)
12/07/72 Northgate Railway Station

GV II

Railway station. c1847. By Sancton Wood. Red brick and stone.
Tudor style.
EXTERIOR/PLAN: the north and south platforms have balancing
compositions of low wings at the east end, twin ornamental
towers and higher station rooms and offices at the west end.
On the east wings, end pavilions break forward slightly with
shaped open stone pediments and circular lunettes. The south
side has 3 semicircular arches with concentric recessed brick
arches above a stone cornice which breaks forward above the
brick piers. The ground storey has C20 shops and booking hall
entrance with a C19 cut and shaped wood canopy above. The
north wing has 3 elliptical brick arches separated by brick
piers which rise above a brick parapet and stone cornice.
Twin lead domed square towers rise above the inner pavilions,
with semicircular brick arches and corner pilasters surmounted
by stone cornices, lunettes and strapwork.
At the west end 2-storeyed blocks with gables and parapets
break forward about 10 feet. 1:3:1:3 window range, stone
trimmed 2 and 3-light mullioned and transomed windows on the
1st storey. Gabled wings, of 1 window range, break forward
slightly at each end with diapered brickwork.
The ground storey has various windows on the south side with
open semicircular arcades to the west. The north side has
semicircular arches with lunettes and a cornice above doors
and windows, and to the west there is a wall with blind
arcading.
(BOE: Pevsner N: Radcliffe E: Suffolk: London: 1974-: 147).

Listing NGR: TL8526765167

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Bury St Edmunds railway station at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q3243921

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings