Station House And Station Cottage

A former station house and cottage, dating from approximately 1846. It was designed by G T Andrews for George Hudson’s Great North of England Railway. The building is constructed of rubble with ashlar dressings, and has a Welsh slate roof. It is built in a Jacobethan style. The main elevation is a two-storey range of one, one, and one bays, with a single-storey range at the rear to the right. The central bay projects and has a gable. The ground floor of the central bay features a board door set in a chamfered, quoined surround with a Tudor arch. Above this is a two-light chamfered mullion window. Decorative bargeboards adorn the gable. To the left, there are three-light and two-light chamfered mullion windows on the ground and first floors respectively. To the right, a board door echoes the central door, and a two-light chamfered mullion window is set below a relieving arch on the ground floor, with a two-light chamfered mullion window above on the first floor. Chimney stacks rise from the rear roof slope. The right return features a canted bay window with a stone roof and the original station clock on the ground floor, above which sits a two-light chamfered mullion window on the first floor. Decorative bargeboards are present on this gable. The single-storey section has a three-light window and a doorway.