Redcar Central Railway Station

REDCAR WEST DYKE NZ 62 SW West Side (off) 5/110 Redcar Central Railway Station 14.1.1988 GV II

Railway Station with train shed. Circa 1861 for the coastguard extension of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. Red brick in flemish band with yellow brick and ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof, the central portion of train shed glazed; later glazed front porch.

Main building 2 storeys, 7 bays, the 3 central bays recessed; and set-back 1-storey side wings. Round-arcaded ground floor has gauged-brick arched to windows; hoodmoulds continuous with impost string. Upper windows similar bull segment-headed. Cill bounds to both floors. Projecting added central porch with part-glazed hipped roof and ornamental eaves. Main roof low-pitched and hipped, with deep eaves on paired wood brackets. 4 stacks with plinths and cornices, 2 on ridge and 2 at ends. Similar treatment to side wings. Platform elevation has segmental-arched ground floor with open centre on 2 cast iron columns. All windows are C20 replacement but original 4-panel doors remain.

Train shed covers platform and adjoining line and is of l-storey height with string at first-floor level and eaves band below moulded cornice. Hipped roof, of lightweight jointed iron internal construction, rests on patterned cast iron brackets on station side.

Included for historical interest as the only station in Cleveland which retains its original train shed.

Listing NGR: NZ6017224956