Scarborough Railway Station

Scarborough Railway Station was built in 1845 by G T Andrews. The station comprises three 2-bay, single-storey, pedimented pavilions, set back behind blocks of nine windows. The construction is in ashlar with a moulded cornice and a low slate roof. Windows have architrave surrounds; on the pavilions these are panelled with cornices above and console brackets below the sills. The central pavilion features an elaborate Baroque clock tower with a lead dome, added in 1882. A glazed roof was later added between the pavilions, covering the pavement. To the west, a later projecting block with four windows and architrave-framed sash windows has been added.

The east end of the station, facing Valley Bridge Road, is five bays wide, divided by rusticated piers. The frieze cornice and blocking course project forward over these piers. A moulded sill course runs along the facade, and three windows with round heads, fixed glazing bars, and architrave surrounds are interspersed with two doorways, all similarly framed.

The passenger train shed, which covers platforms 3, 4, and 5, retains the original roof structure designed by G T Andrews, a notable survival for a station of this size. The roof is a timber and glass construction supported by walls and a central row of cast-iron columns with broad, curved girders, and light iron trusses carry the roof structure across the two aisles. Two adjacent sheds, likely originally part of Andrews' goods station, cover platforms 6, 7, and 8. Sheds 6 and 7 have a light iron truss roof structure carried on the flanking walls, similar to the passenger shed, while platform 8 has a timber king post roof also supported by walls. A polychrome tile map of the North Eastern Railway network, dating approximately to 1903, is displayed on the wall of the former station buffet and is an exceptional example of its kind.