Former Baschurch Railway Station

SJ 42 SW; 15/32

BASCHURCH C.P., STATION ROAD (south-east side), Former Baschurch Railway Station

GV

II

Railway station, now disused although part converted to domestic accommodation. 1848 on Shrewsbury to Chester Railway with later additions and alterations. Stuccoed red sandstone; slate roof with ornamental bargeboards and pointed finials. Gothic style. Two storeys. Entrance side has slightly projecting gable to left, gabled half-dormer to centre and narrow gabled projection to right. Mullioned and transomed latticed windows in painted stone architraves, one on each floor to left gable, one to half-dormer and to right projection on first floor. Central gabled porch has infilled Tudor-arched doorway with hollow spandrels; mullioned and transomed windows to either side, left with cill removed and 6-panel door inserted. Prominent stuccoed stack with red brick top to right of left gable and small internal end stack to right. Single-storey range to right has similar windows and tall ridge stack to centre. Former platform side has gables to left and right of slightly recessed centre section with gabled half-dormer. Similar half-dormer to single-storey range and mulioned and transomed latticed windows throughout.

Listing NGR: SJ4296022668