Glossop Railway Station And Co-Op Building

Glossop Railway Station and the former engine sheds, now occupied by a retail store, were built in 1847 and converted around 1985. The station was commissioned by the 13th Duke of Norfolk, who extended the Sheffield and Manchester Railway line from Dinting to Glossop. It was designed by M.E. Hadfield and T.G. Weightman. The building features millstone grit ashlar on the end walls, with coursed rubble on the sides, and roofs made of Welsh slate and synthetic tiles.

The structure consists of four parallel ranges, with a pair of former engine sheds on the left linked to the station and office range by a curtain wall that includes the entrance. The exterior is single-storey and asymmetrical on the Norfolk Street front. The former sheds have pedimented gables with coping and rusticated and vermiculated quoins on the left, along with a projecting single-storey block that has a hipped roof, five blind windows, and an off-centre doorway. To the right, there is a large 20th-century access doorway.

The main entrance to the station features banded and vermiculated rustication, a round-headed archway topped by an entablature that supports a large carved lion with the date in Roman numerals. A plain curtain wall connects to the office, which has paired round-headed doorways set in recessed panel surrounds. The station block has deeply overhanging eaves with rusticated and vermiculated quoins, and two glazing bar sashes in a single moulded ashlar surround.

The left return has an 11-window range divided by pilasters, featuring round-headed windows, with some bays altered in the 20th century. The right return has a 7-window range with an overhanging eaves sill band and cornice, and the third window bay is gabled. The windows have margin light glazing.

Inside, the station features cast-iron columns and a wooden canopy with pierced decoration.