Wolferton Station Downside

This is a former railway station, now a private house and museum, located on the downslope (northwest) side of the platform at Wolferton, near Sandringham. It was built in 1898 by W.N. Ashbee, the architect for the Great Eastern Railway. The building is constructed of carstone with brick dressings and half-timbering, featuring renewed plain tiles.

The building comprises a single-storey range of Royal Suite to the right, linked in 1969 to the public waiting rooms on the left. The ground floor is carstone below window level, with the upper ground floor featuring half-timbering and rendered panels. The Royal Suite includes three bays, with the central bay projecting under a gabled roof supported by brackets bearing large Tudor roses. The facade displays a carved Tudor rose and flower decoration, and cross stacks flank the central bay. The entrance features double doors with linenfold panelling; the gable above has the Prince of Wales feathers and motto within a Garter rendered in plaster. Leaded windows of three lights with transoms are set under gabled barge boards with drop finials. A small, flat-roofed extension in carstone and brick features clear leaded lights, a double-leaved part-glazed door with linenfold panelling under a four-centred arch with carved spandrels, and a frieze of Tudor roses and flowers. A carstone wall runs along the rear of the platform and incorporates a four-centred arch with carved spandrels and low gates.

The interior retains its original fittings, including oak panelling, eight-panelled doors with gold-plated fittings, plaster ceilings, and cornice friezes. Fireplaces have glazed brick surrounds. The suite includes a central reception room, a Prince’s Room with a marble fireplace and oak mantelpiece, a washroom with original toilet and urinal, and a Princess’s Room with a similar marble fireplace and washroom. An equerry's corridor runs along the platform side between the platform and the Prince's Room, featuring panelled doors with leaded lights and linenfold panelling. The public waiting rooms, to the left, are now part of the private house, with a 1969 link matching a window previously located on the return of the Royal Suite. This section includes a bay forming an archway to the platform with a canopied entrance supported by cast iron brackets incorporating St. George’s crosses, plus bays containing two-light leaded windows and a cross stack. A canopy covers the platform, with fretwork verge and glazed roof lights supported by octagonal wooden posts. The building forms a group with the nearby Clockhouse and The Original.