Former Ellesmere Railway Station

The Former Ellesmere Railway Station is a railway station built in 1861-1862 for the Cambrian Railway Company. It is constructed of Flemish bond brick with sandstone ashlar quoins and dressings, topped with gabled Welsh slate roofs and featuring brick ridge and end stacks. The building has two storeys and a south front that displays a 2:4:2 arrangement of windows, with projecting outer wings.

On the ground floor, there are stone lintels above 2-light cross windows and two half-glazed central panelled doors, with the glazing having been inserted in the mid-20th century. To the left is a keyed semi-circular arched 6-panelled door leading to the former parcels office, and to the right is a similar door for the station master's house. The first floor features keyed semi-circular arched sashes with bracketed sills, along with decorative oculi and cusped bargeboards on the outer gables.

The rear elevation consists of a 10-window range, highlighted by a central two-storey bay window flanked by panelled doors. There is a canopy over the former platform, supported by cast-iron columns adorned with trefoils in Gothic-style spandrels. The gable-end walls each have a 4-window range with blank central windows and one-storey blocks above, featuring stone lintels over 2-pane sashes. Although the interior was not inspected, it is noted to retain panelled doors and some original fireplaces. This building is included as a well-preserved and externally complete example of a rural Victorian railway station.