Burscough Bridge Railway Station Building On North Side Of Track

Burscough Bridge Railway Station building, located on the north side of the track, was constructed around 1855-1860 for the Southport and Manchester Railway Company. This railway station features a booking hall and offices, built from snecked rock-faced sandstone with slate roofs across two levels. The building has a cruciform plan, consisting of a two-storey range that runs at right angles to the track, flanked by one-storey side wings, all designed in an Elizabethan style.

The facade facing the track is symmetrical, with a three-unit main range that includes a prominent two-storey gabled center. This center features a five-sided bay window with mullion-and-transom windows, a cross-window on the first floor with a quoined surround and hoodmould, and Tudor-arched doorways on either side. The single-storey side wings have rectangular bay windows. The roofs are steeply pitched with coped gables, a central ridge chimney, and gable chimneys on the wings.

To the left of the main range, there is a set-back, slightly lower extension that includes a Tudor-arched doorway and a six-light transomed window. To the right, there is a flat-roofed extension in a similar style, also featuring a Tudor-arched doorway. The north entrance front has a two-storey gabled porch at the projected center, offset to the left, with a Tudor-arched doorway and a cross-window above, and attached to the left is a projecting single-storey gabled wing, which also has cross-windows.