Station Hotel

The Station Hotel, comprising a shop (No.42) and public house (No.44), was built in the late 19th century and has undergone some alterations since. It is constructed of red brick with painted stone dressings, some moulded red terracotta ornament, and a slate roof. The building follows a double-depth plan, with the Station Hotel having a double-fronted appearance and the shop to its right being single-fronted, alongside various rear extensions. Its style is eclectic.

The building is three storeys high and features five plus two windows. The Station Hotel (No.44) displays a near-symmetrical facade, which includes a chamfered stone plinth, a prominent centre bay framed by narrow panelled pilasters with composite caps (now painted), similar pilasters to the ends, moulded sill bands to both upper floors, a frieze of moulded terracotta swags, and a moulded cornice. The central bay’s doorway has a pilastered architrave, moulded cornice, and an overlight consisting of three round-headed stained glass lights flanked by consoles. Above the doorway, at the first floor, there's a prominent canted oriel window with a panelled apron lettered "STATION HOTEL," transomed side windows, a round-headed centre window with a keystone fluted in the frieze, and a moulded cornice with a segmental pediment. Above the eaves, an elaborate Dutch gable is lettered “STATION HOTEL,” with a terracotta swag, fluted frieze, and triangular pediment. The ground floor to the left features a two-bay arcade with banded piers and wide elliptical arches containing three-light windows with panelled aprons and slim wooden baluster mullions; to the right, a full-width plate-glass window with three rectangular lights, elliptical overlights with radiating glazing bars and foliated spandrels. Upper floors accommodate sashed windows without glazing bars, all with foliated terracotta aprons and emphatic architraves; those at the first floor have cornices on consoles and those at the second floor are segmental-headed with shouldered architraves and keystones. No.42, to the right, retains an original tripartite shop-front at ground floor with a recessed entrance to the left and plate-glass windows; the upper floors mirror the fenestration of No.44.

The interior of the Station Hotel retains its c.1900 layout, most notably a panelled island bar with curved corners. The building forms a group with the Clock Tower and Nos 1 to 11 (Stamford House) opposite, collectively marking the northern boundary of the Conservation Area.