Ingatestone Railway Station

Ingatestone Railway Station was built in 1846 for the Eastern Counties Railway and is a building of group value. It is constructed of red brick in English bond, with decorative diaper patterns made from black bricks, and has limestone dressings and a slate roof. The station is in the Tudor Revival style and is arranged along the north-west side of the railway line, with its main elevation facing north-west.

The main range is a single storey with an external stack centrally to the front and a smaller stack in the right gable end. To the right of the main range is a two-storey entrance porch and a lower single-storey block to the rear with a stack in its right gable end. A two-storey cross-wing is situated at the junction, with an internal stack. To the left is a two-storey range, largely a later rebuild or extension, with two stacks at the left end. Most windows have stone surrounds that are chamfered. The main range features two windows with two lights, containing cast-iron tracery in a hexagonal and diamond pattern. The cross-wing has a late 19th-century sash window of two lights on the ground floor, the mullion having been removed, indicating it was originally two narrow sashes. The first floor of the cross-wing has a pair of sashes of two lights, although they are not original. The left extension incorporates a small 20th-century casement window and a casement of two lights with a segmental brick arch. The entrance porch has stone jambs, a two-ordered chamfered 4-centred arch, and a moulded label. Inside, the main entrance has chamfered stone jambs, a 4-centred arch, a boarded door, and scrolled wrought-iron hinges. The diaper pattern appears on all brickwork except the external stack, which has black brick shoulders. The date 1846 is formed from black bricks in the cross-wing gable. Stone copings and moulded kneelers are present. The cross-wing is rendered to a height of approximately 0.70 metres. The main range has perforated ridge tiles. To the left of the cross-wing is a four-panel door with glazed upper panels, a fanlight, chamfered stone dressings, and a 4-centred arch. To its left, the diaper pattern ceases, and the red bricks are of a different quality, bonded together. The left gable end has a sash of two lights on the first floor, and a similar sash to that in the cross-wing, of different heights, likely re-set. Similar copings and kneelers are present, with an incomplete diaper pattern at the top rear of the gable. The south-east elevation (facing the platform) has a window of three lights in the main range, with original cast-iron tracery in the central fixed light, and two replaced wooden casements, all within a chamfered stone surround. A fixed light with chamfered stone jambs, a 4-centred arch, and cast-iron tracery is also present. Beyond the cross-wing, a 20th-century casement is set into an original stone surround. The station was undergoing renovation in May 1989.