Description

SE 3457 SE 35NW KNARESBOROUGH KNARESBOROUGH

6/600 Knaresborough Station

GV II

Station buildings comprising: railings to front, main ticket office and waiting-room
range, and platform canopies to north and south of track. 1865, rebuilt 1890. Gritstone
and cast-iron railings, cream brick in Flemish bond to buildings, cast-iron columns, grey
slate and glazed roofs. Railings, edging the Station Road approach for approx 100 metres,
standing approx 2 metres high and stepping down to follow the slope of the ground:
gritstone walling; bars with foliated spear-head finials; standards with gadrooned ball
and cushion finials. Station buildings: single storey, approx. 10 bays long. Main (north)
facades: wide entrance bay to right of centre with original wooden gates. To left of
entrance: 2-light segmental-headed windows with brick arches and stone sills. To right
of entrance: 3 sash windows and canted bay window projecting from right return. Deep
eaves with valance; 4 tall brick stacks with paired flues and dentilled cornice; 4 ornate
ventilation flues to left of entrance, probably lead-covered wood, with friezes, cornices
and ball finials. Rear (platform) facade: original half-glazed panelled doors; 4-pane
sashes as front. Platform canopies: supported by columns, 12 on north platform, 8 on
south platform, with moulded bases, Egyptian-style stiff-leaf capitals, curved braces
supporting cross-beams and circular motifs to spandrels. Interior: above ticket office
windows are glazed tiles reading "IN" and "OUT".

Listing NGR: SE3478557118

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Knaresborough railway station at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q2848537

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Recommended Books

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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)