Main Station Building, Associated Platform Furniture and Original Name Board on Up Platform Only is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1975. Station. 7 related planning applications.
Main Station Building, Associated Platform Furniture and Original Name Board on Up Platform Only
- WRENN ID
- iron-span-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 January 1975
- Type
- Station
- Address
- Main Station Building, Associated Platform Furniture and Original Name Board on Up Platform Only, Charlbury, OX7 3HH
- OS grid reference
- SP 352 194
- Coordinates
- 51.87239, -1.48971
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The main station building at Charlbury was constructed in 1853 for the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, showcasing Brunel's standard Italianate style. It is a single-storey structure that is timber-framed and weatherboarded, featuring a brick chimney and a hipped slate roof. The building consists of three bays with overhanging eaves supported by moulded brackets, creating a canopy over the platform. A projecting central bay faces the station yard to the east.
The windows are round-headed casement types with moulded architraves and two brackets beneath each sill. There is one 20th-century door on each front, accompanied by a plain fanlight. A plain impost band runs around the building. Inside, the station features matchboard panelling up to dado level. The Station Master's office includes a contemporary bench with drawers, while both the Waiting Room and Ladies Waiting Room contain a contemporary bench with turned legs, arm rests, and buttoned leather upholstery.
On the platform, there are five benches supported by cast iron with the Great Western Railway monogram in the spandrels. Additionally, the original station name board displays 'CHARLBURY' in a bold sans serif typeface on two posts.
Local climate
Main Station Building, Associated Platform Furniture and Original Name Board on Up Platform Only receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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