Wareham Railway Station

Wareham Railway Station was built in 1886 by the London and South Western Railway when the Wareham to Swanage branch opened. The original station, part of the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, was relocated to this site in 1864. The station is constructed of red brick with ashlar dressings and features a pitched tile roof. It is a single storey with attics and has two coped gables with finials and kneelers. The eastern gable is shaped and topped with a pediment, featuring three pilasters that support a cornice halfway up. The western gable includes a stone mullioned window with a full entablature and a pediment over the central section. Between the gables is an attic dormer with a pargetted front, pitched roof, and casement windows. There are two one-storey extensions with coved eaves cornices at either end. The roof ridge is topped by an octagonal turret with an ogival lead roof and a weather-vane. The yard side has casement windows, while the platform side features sash windows. The platform shelters are supported by cast iron columns of eclectic design, with ornamental cast iron spandrels that hold the roof trusses. The roofs of the shelters are made of pitched corrugated iron with cut wooden valances. There are weatherboard and panelled shelters with contemporary benches on the up platform, along with elaborate gas standards on both platforms, east and west of the shelters.