Weaverthorpe Station

SHERBURN SHERBURN TO BROMPTON ROAD SE 97 NE (east side) 6/71 Weaverthorpe Station GV II Station buildings incorporating station-master's house; now private house. 1845. By G T Andrews for the York and North Midland Railway Company. Mottled brick in Flemish bond, with sandstone plinth and dressings, and orange gauged brick arches; slate roof. Central-entry plan with station accommodation at left. 2-storey, 3-window front. 4-panel front door with radial fanlight in pilastered doorcase with keyed arch and cornice. Flat- arched recesses flanking front door contain part-glazed panelled ticket office door at left, and 12-pane sash at right. 12-pane sashes to first floor over sill band. Gauged brick arches to all openings except front door, and to ground-floor recesses. Overhanging eaves on shaped brackets: hipped roof. 2-bay left return with 1-storey outbuilding at left end. Detail similar to front except that right bay projects and has canted bay ticket-window with glazing-bar sashes on ground floor; station clock at right. Left end and centre ridge stacks. Interior: ticket office fittings survive intact. Although located in the parish of Sherburn, the station has been known by the name of the neighbouring parish of Weaverthorpe since 1882, in order to avoid confusion with other Sherburn stations in the north- eastern region. The station was closed to passengers in 1931.

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