Station Booking Hall And Offices

TOWN OF DONCASTER TRAFFORD WAY SE 5703 SW (west side)

6/109 Station booking hall 25.4.88 and offices

GV ll Station booking hall and offices. 1933 for London, North-Eastern Railway. Red brick with stone dressings and clay tile roofs. Tall single storey 5 bay central block with lower two storey flanking single bay wings which project. Central block has wide central bay with slightly overlapping and slightly projecting narrower bays to either side which are flanked by wide bays, each with slightly projecting blind walling towards the centre. Across the full width there is a flat canopy at first floor height of the side wings. Wings have similar canopies. Below the canopy to the central block there is a deep ashlar plinth with moulded base and decorative band to top. Bays 2 and 4 have wide doorways with architraves; to outer side of each door is a blocked window with raised surround. Bay 1 has a margin glazed metal casement window in stone architrave and bay 5 has later addition with similar window. Above the outer parts of the outer bays have tall'single light margin glazed windows in moulded architraves and bays 2 and 4 have similar 3-light windows. Central bay has similar 5-light window but in architrave with reeded jambs and plain lintel. Wide continuous stone band at eaves height except across bays 2 and 4 which have small stone roundels above the windows. Parapets are stepped up towards the centre and have flat stone copings. Tall hipped roof. Side wings have similar plinths, 2 small paned metal glazed windows and door to ground floor with 2 similar windows above, 2 narrow ones flanking 2 wider ones, all on brick sill. Plain flush stone band at lintel level of first floor windows, flush parapets with flat copings. Tall hipped roofs. Interior of booking hall has polished marble lining the walls to about half height with wide band to top. Above wall articulated by 4 paired marble pilaster strips set in recessed panels. Ceiling has three large sunken circular panels with circular light fittings to centre and sunken bands to sides with alternating lights and ridged panels. Single storey wing to left of station and rear C19 block not of special interest.

Listing NGR: SE5716303151