Description

NY 8464 HAYDON HAYDON BRIDGE

13/45 No 2 Station Cottages

10.8.84

GV II

Ticket office and stationmaster's house, now house, c.1835. Squared and tooled
stone,ashlar dressings,plinth; hipped slate roof, stepped and corniced brick ridge
stack, stepped and corniced ashlar lateral stack. Neo-Tudor style. Former front
elevation (north) has projecting ashlar portico with 3 flattened Tudor arches in
front and one in each return, enclosing C20 half-glazed door with oblong fanlight
flanked by narrow sashes, all flanked by narrow blind windows. Right elevation;
narrow blind windows flank recessed section under modillion cornice with former
two-light window, now sash, under hoodmould. Second similar recessed section has
2 narrow sashes; end of cottage slightly recessed with stepped stack projection.
Left elevation similar but C20 window in end of cottage. Rear elevation with eaves
cornice; 2 narrow sashes, door, small window. All door and window openings have
recessed and chamfered surrounds.

An important and well preserved example of an early railway building of some
architectural pretension.

Listing NGR: NY8432564531

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26294401

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)