Skipton Railway Station

Skipton Railway Station, built in 1876, was designed by Charles Trubshaw for the Midland Railway. The station is constructed of coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and has slate hipped roofs. It features a chamfered plinth and moulded eaves that continue as a band across a two-storey range.

The north entrance front is largely single-storey, with a projecting central entrance block. This block has two-light cross mullion windows set in sunk panels, and a projecting upper stack supported on three corbels with a carved relief panel. Flanking the central block are single round arches with corbelled eaves and a coped parapet. To the left is a single three-light cross mullion window, slightly set back, with a similar window beyond. A narrow single bay recess is filled by a lower, parapeted section with a plain sash window. A projecting canted bay window follows; it has a central three-light and flanking single-light cross mullion windows, topped with a taller hipped roof. A further set-back section is present, followed by a 4-bay, two-storey block with an off-centre doorway and blind overlight. A three-light and single-light cross mullion window are positioned to either side of the doorway. A canted two-storey bay window continues this theme, with similar windows. Above, a pair of glazing bar sashes are set within a single through eaves gable to the left, followed by two glazing bar sashes and a single glazing bar sash within a gable on the bay's right side, with smaller sashes flanking it. A single-story wing completes the front, featuring a three-light cross casement window.

The south platform front is dominated by a projecting, 13-bay glazed canopy. This is supported by 14 cast iron columns with ornate capitals and brackets. Each bay has a hipped glazed roof, with segmental decorated iron trusses and elaborate iron finials. A central flat-headed archway is flanked by single ashlar segmental arches. The south front includes multiple doorways, single-light and two-light cross mullion casement windows, round arches, and projecting wings. The windows are ashlar cross mullion casements throughout.