Description

GREAT CHESTERFORD LONDON ROAD
1.
5222
Main building to
Great Chesterford
railway station
(formerly listed as
Railway Station)
TL 5042 28/797 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,
stucco band and elemental cornice. Two storeys. Five window range on both
the approach and platform fronts, double-hung sashes with glazing bars, in
plain stucco architraves with simple cornices. The ground storey windows have
been altered with horizontal glazing bars. The north and south ends each has
one window range. The platform has a C20 canopy without a fascia, on original
"gallows" angle brackets with moulded pendants.

Listing NGR: TL5048142431

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26592417

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Recommended Books

• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (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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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock