Former waiting room, Alton Railway Station

The former waiting room at Alton Railway Station dates from around 1849 and is designed in the Italianate style. It is constructed of rock-faced ashlar with chamfered rustication and smooth-faced ashlar dressings. The building features hipped pan tile roofs with bracketed overhanging eaves and an ashlar ridge stack. It is aligned east-west and faces south, with the main range at the center, a shelter to the south, and extensions to the north and west.

The structure is one storey high and consists of four bays. It has an open-fronted shelter supported by wooden piers that are bracketed to the eaves, along with a wooden fretted fringe. There are two round-headed windows with bracketed sills, and half-glazed doors on the left and right, both topped with semi-circular fanlights. The doors and windows are recessed.

Alton railway station previously served the now disused Churnet Valley Railway, which opened in 1849.