Yatton Station Buildings And Footbridge

Yatton Station Buildings and Footbridge

Two single-storey station buildings with a footbridge, constructed in 1841 by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who was engineer to the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company. The footbridge dates to around 1870 with some later alterations.

The buildings are constructed of coursed rubble with limestone dressings and cast iron details in the Tudor Gothic style. The north building has a hipped slate roof with stacks to the sides; the south building has an asbestos roof.

The south building, situated south of the railway line, features a single storey with a half-glazed door with panelled lower part and a 4-pane sash window to its right, both within a chamfered stone surround. Two 4-centred arched doors are set in the wall, one to the left leading to the former waiting room. Additional openings include a panelled and glazed door to the left and a 4-panelled door to the right, with a 4-pane sash to the right of the left door. All doors have broach stops to their surrounds. Two single lights to the right sit in a chamfered surround. The building has a limestone plinth, quoins, and two courses of ashlar under the eaves. A canopy over the platform is supported on cast iron pierced arched braces, extending further three bays to the left on two cast iron piers. The left return has a 4-pane sash window and the right return has a chamfered door opening. The rear wall contains two paired single lights to the left, a 4-pane sash to the right, and a single storey wooden addition with a 4-pane sash to the left side and rear, along with a blocked window to the right.

The north building, situated north of the railway line, contains three similar 4-centred arched door openings serving the Ladies Room, Waiting Room, and Booking Office. The Ladies Room door is half-glazed with a panelled lower part. The Waiting Room and Booking Office doors both have raised fillets and inset glass panels. The second bay from the left features a mullion and transom window with chamfered detailing in a chamfered limestone surround. Two bays are set forward to the right, containing the Waiting Room door and a bay in limestone ashlar with a 6-light mullion and transom window. A VR post box is set into the wall to the right of the Booking Office door. The wall extends at tower level to the far right and curves round to conceal the WC entrance. A very deep eaves canopy is supported on similar cast iron brackets. The left return has a small 4-pane light. The rear wall contains a single light and a 4-centred arched door with raised fillets and chamfered surrounds to the left. The wall steps forward to the right with a similar 6-light mullion and transom window and a similar 4-centred arched door with raised fillets and inset glass panel. The end bay to the right projects forward and contains a 2-light casement in a chamfered surround.

Interior features include panelled walls in the Waiting Room with a blocked fireplace on the rear wall and a round-arched opening in a moulded surround (blocked) leading to the Ticket Office, along with a cornice. The Ticket Office contains panelled walls.

The footbridge to the east has flights of 20th-century steps on each side. It is supported on four fine cast iron columns with raised ornament to the base and top and leaf capitals. The cast iron bridge spans approximately 15 metres across four bays, with supports for a canopy over the footway, though the canopy is now missing.

Yatton Station opened on 14th June 1841 as Clevedon Road on the Bristol and Exeter Railway. It was renamed Yatton on 28th July 1847 upon the opening of the branch to Clevedon. On 3rd August 1869 it also became a junction for the new line to Cheddar and Wells.