Gate House At Railway Level Crossing

The gate house at the railway level crossing in Newburgh is a keeper's cottage, now a private dwelling, built around 1860 for the Manchester and Southport Railway Company. It is constructed of snecked sandstone rubble with a slate roof and features a stone and brick chimney. The building is designed in an L-plan, consisting of a two-unit main range that runs parallel to the road, with a service wing set back at the right-hand end.

Architecturally, it reflects the Elizabethan style, characterized by a steeply-pitched roof, apex finials, and mullioned windows. The structure is two storeys high and has two symmetrical windows, with rusticated rock-faced quoins. At the center, there is a gabled single-storey porch that includes a Tudor arched doorway with hollow spandrels, a coped gable, and a double-chamfered single-light window on each side. The ground floor features tall cross-windows with hoodmoulds, while the first floor has mullioned two-light windows topped with gablets. A chimney is located at the right-hand gable.

The left gable wall, facing the track, has a canted bay window with a mullion and transom at ground level and a cross-window above it. The single-storey service wing at the right-hand end is set back. This gate house is part of a group of similar buildings along this section of the railway line.