Building record MLI96139 - Station Offices and Former Station Master's House, Stamford Town Railway Station
Summary
Station offices and former station master's house at Stamford Town Railway Station. Opened in 1848 and still in use.
Type and Period (2)
- RAILWAY OFFICE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1848 AD to 2050 AD)
- STATION MASTERS HOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1848 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
Construction of the station building at Stamford Town Railway Station was completed in June 1848. It was designed by Sancton Wood for the Midland Railway Company, and is an asymmetrical composition in Victorian Gothic with a small tower and gabled wing. The tower has a weather vane with lettering 'SPR' for Syston and Peterborough Railway. This station is described as one of 'the best in the county' and 'delightfully asymmetrical and picturesque'. It has a single storey booking office at one end and the two storey stationmaster's house at the other. {1}{2}{3}
Station offices building with adjoining stationmaster’s house, built of coursed and squared oolitic limestone rubble with ashlar dressings. Has a roof covering of Collyweston slates laid in diminishing courses. The building has a single-storey entrance hall with waiting rooms to the east, and a stationmaster’s house of two storeys and attic to the west. The design is in the Victorian Tudor style, in an asymmetrical and picturesque composition. The steeply pitched roofs have parapets at the gables with kneelers embellished with roll and bird’s beak mouldings, and tall clustered, octagonal chimney stacks on stone bases. The main approach is on the north side through a three-bay loggia with segmental pointed arches which have small round columns at the sides and a stepped diagonal buttress on the left hand side. For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate entry in the National Heritage List for England. {4}{5}
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SLI6708 Index: Department of the Environment. 1974. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 2/562.
- <2> SLI912 Bibliographic Reference: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1977. An Inventory of Historical Monuments. The Town of Stamford. no.68, p.56, plates 161 & 163.
- <3> SLI1062 Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.699.
- <4> SLI13386 Website: Historic England (formerly English Heritage). 2011->. The National Heritage List for England. http://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/. 1366147.
- <5> SLI17329 Unpublished Document: Historic England. Document Held by The Historic England Archive. BF003923 and BF111686.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 02917 06653 (46m by 31m) Surveyed |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | STAMFORD, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Survey: Site Visit to Stamford Town Railway Station (ELI10724)
- Event - Survey: Site Visit to Stamford Town Railway Station (ELI13385)
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Record last edited
Aug 30 2023 12:01PM
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