Former Stationmaster's House and main Railway Station building Helsby Station is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1985. Railway station building, former stationmaster's house. 4 related planning applications.
Former Stationmaster's House and main Railway Station building Helsby Station
- WRENN ID
- muted-mortar-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Runcorn and Helsby MP: Sarah Pochin (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 December 1985
- Type
- Railway station building, former stationmaster's house
- Address
- Former Stationmaster's House and main Railway Station building Helsby Station, Station Avenue, WA6 0AG
- OS grid reference
- SJ 486 756
- Coordinates
- 53.27516, -2.77088
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Stationmaster's House and main Railway Station building at Helsby Station was constructed in 1863 for the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway Company. This building, now used as an office, is made of coursed rock-faced red sandstone and features grey slate roofs. It has a cross-gable design with a right wing, presenting a two-storey house and a single-storey wing on the left, showcasing Jacobethan architectural style. The building includes shaped gables and an added half-glazed porch with a four-panel door located at the corner of the cross-wing. The original station door and windows have been blocked, while the remaining mullioned windows include some that are shoulder-arched. There are three diminishing chimneys. The front facing the platform is designed similarly to the forecourt front. Additionally, there is a wing-wall to the forecourt, along with two cast iron columns featuring raised strapwork, and a wing-wall to the platform that once supported canopies, which have since been removed.
Local climate
Former Stationmaster's House and main Railway Station building Helsby Station receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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