Former Ellesmere Railway Station

The following building shall be included:

1. 5358 SJ 3935 5/61

BROWNLOW ROAD (north side) Former Ellesmere Railway Station

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2. Railway station. 1861/2 for Cambrian Railway Company. Flemish bond brick with sandstone ashlar quoins and dressings; gabled Welsh slate roofs; brick ridge and end stacks. 2 storeys. South front of 2:4:2 fenestration with projecting outer wings. Stone lintels over 2-light cross windows and 2 half-glazed central panelled doors (glazing inserted mid C20) to ground floor; keyed semi-circular arched 6-panelled doors to former parcels office on left and station master's house on right. Keyed semi-circular arched first-floor sashes with bracketed sills; decorative oculi and cusped bargeboards to outer gables. Rear elevation, of 10-window range, has central 2-storey bay window flanked by panelled doors; canopy to former platform supported by cast-iron columns with trefoils to Gothic-style spandrels. Gable-end walls, each of 4-window range with blank central windows, have one-storey blocks with stone lintels over 2-pane sashes. Interior not inspected but noted as retaining panelled doors and some original fireplaces. Included as a good and externally complete example of a rural Victorian railway station.

Listing NGR: SJ3959835031