Abbey Lane Gatehouse

The Abbey Lane Gatehouse is a crossing keeper's house built in 1849 for the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. Constructed of red brick in Flemish bond with a Welsh slate roof, it features a T-shaped plan with the head of the T facing the road and a wing extending behind. The building is two storeys tall, with two small single storey extensions added in the 20th century.

On the road side, there is a single 2 over 2 sash window on the ground floor, topped by a steeply pitched roof with a rebuilt central red brick chimney. The eastern elevation, which faces the railway line, includes a small canted bay with 1 over 1 sash windows flanking a 2 over 2 sash on the ground floor, and a 2 over 2 sash in the gable above. A small 2 by 4 pane window in the rear wing to the left looks out onto the lever frame. The west gable features a 2 over 2 sash window, while the south gable has a small 1 over 1 window that lights the stairway.

Inside, the gatehouse is said to retain most of its original doors and staircase, along with the basic room layout. The attached crossing gates are of the traditional timber type with cross bracing, which is now very rare to find in situ. The gatehouse was originally built by the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway as part of their mainline from Gainsborough to New Holland, which opened to traffic in 1848. By that time, the railway had merged with other companies to form the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, and it is confirmed that the gatehouse was present in its current location in 1849.