Wadebridge Station is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1988. Railway station. 2 related planning applications.
Wadebridge Station
- WRENN ID
- silent-pedestal-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1988
- Type
- Railway station
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
WADEBRIDGE WADEBRIDGE SW 9872-9972 9/254 Wadebridge Station
GV II
Railway station, now disused. Circa mid C19. Rusticated snecked slatestone with granite dressings. Slate roof with hipped ends. 3 rusticated slate and granite axial stacks. Plan: Overall rectangular plan with platform originally on north east side and main entrance on south west side. Exterior: Single storey. South west elevation with asymmetrical 6 window front and entrance to left of centre. The right and left hand sides are set slightly forward and have hipped ends. Pair of narrow sashes to left and remains of C19 24-pane sashes in centre and to right. North east elevation originally facing platform with double doors near centre and to left and remains of C19 24-pane sashes. Cast iron columns with wrought iron spandrels to the platform canopy which has a shallow pitched roof with gable ends and timber boarding. Interior: Not inspected. The Wadebridge to Bodmin railway, opened in 1834, was the first steam railway in Cornwall and greatly facilitated the carriage of sea sand, carried by barge from Padstow to Wadebridge, inland for use on the agricultural land. Todd, A C and Laws, P Industrial Archaeology of Cornwall, 1972
Listing NGR: SW9915272203
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