Station Houses

These are 18th-century houses built of brown brick, with pitched slate roofs and coped gables. The houses are two storeys and four bays, featuring flush-framed sashes with glazing bars. A flush-framed sash with glazing bars also appears on the east elevation. The west elevation has a two-storey canted bay with sashes and glazing bars. A rear wing contains three flush-framed sashes on the first floor and one bipartite flush-framed sash on the ground floor. The south elevation is distinguished by an arcade of three blind arches on the ground floor. The houses were formerly associated with the Lords Petre and, in the early 19th century, were occupied by Christopher Paver, their steward. They served as Selby's first Catholic chapel until 1837, when a new chapel was built in Gowthorpe. Paver was a shareholder in the Leeds and Selby Railway and, between 1837 and 1840, the houses were used as a railway booking office. Following the construction of the current railway station, the building became the offices of the railway company and subsequently the residence of the agent of the York and North Midland Railway.