Acklington Station

ACKLINGTON B 6345 NU 20 SW (South side, off) 7/10 Acklington Station (formerly listed as Acklington 29.3.73 Railway Station) II

Railway station, now private house. c.1847 by Benjamin Green for the Newcastle and Berwick Railway Co. Squared tooled stone with tooled ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roofs. Main part H-plan, with single-storey wings to north and south-west, and outshut to south. Tudor style.

West elevation: Main part 2 storeys, 1 + 2 + 1 bays. Centre has part-blocked doorway on right, and 2-light window; smaller windows above in gabled half dormers; 2 ridge stacks. Gabled end bays set slightly forward: Left bay shows part-blocked doorway, flanked by small windows, under canted oriel with cornice and low parapet. Slit in gable; lateral stack on left return. Right bay has gable stack partly behind projecting single-storey wing with part-blocked door on left return. To far left a single-storey 3-bay part with renewed door under 2-pane fanlight, and ridge stack. Chamfered plinth to some parts; flat-pointed or 4-centred doorways, mostly with later windows inserted. Renewed small-paned casements; all openings in raised chamfered surrounds with extended lintels, sills and mid-blocks, many under straight dripmoulds. Gables coped on moulded kneelers, some retaining ball finials; stepped-and-corniced stacks with multiple shafts.

Rear elevation to railway: Main parts similar, except that cross-wings extend further to flank platform canopy, now with C20 part-glazed front wall; empty clock surround above. Right wing shows canted ground-floor bay. Single- storey part to right has unaltered canopy, extension of slated roof carried on arcade of 5 timber posts with wavy braces to axial and transverse canopy members.

Listing NGR: NU2218801498