Island Platform Building Approximately 25 Metres to North of Slough Station Booking Hall, Booking Office and Travel Centre is a Grade II listed building in the Slough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1984. Station building.

Island Platform Building Approximately 25 Metres to North of Slough Station Booking Hall, Booking Office and Travel Centre

WRENN ID
late-joist-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Slough
Constituency
Slough MP: Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 August 1984
Type
Station building
OS grid reference
SU 978 801
Coordinates
51.51208, -0.59126
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Island Platform Building, located approximately 25 metres north of Slough Station's booking hall, booking office, and travel centre, was built around 1882. It is constructed of red brick, featuring grey brick and stone lacing courses and dressings, topped with a slate roof. The building is a single storey and has segmental headed doors and windows. There are canopies on the north and south sides that extend to the west, supported by fluted cast iron columns. This building is included for its group value.

Local climate

Island Platform Building Approximately 25 Metres to North of Slough Station Booking Hall, Booking Office and Travel Centre sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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