Crewkerne Railway Station

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MISTERTON CP STATION ROAD (east side) Crewkerne Railway Station

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II Railway station.1859, for opening of the London and South-Western Railway in 1860. Probably designed by Sir William Tite. Ham stone ashlar; steeply-pitched Welsh slate roofs with ornamental clay tile ridges between very high coped gables; stone chimney stacks. Mostly single storey, but the station-masters house three storeys with attic, north roadside elevation seven bays, of which bay two is the house, with lean-to to east; bays three, four and five the ticket office and entrance throughway; bay six is an office crosswing and bay seven double-roof plan offices.

High Victorian gothic style. Plinth; chamfered mullioned windows with plain sashes, the lean-to has a two-light above and two single-lights below. House has four-centre arched doorway to left, with incised spandrils under label with deep drop, three-light window to right; above a single-and a three-light to first floor, three-light to second in pointed segmental-arched opening, with slim gable vent to attic: bays three, four and seven have two-light windows and bay six a three-light, with shield plaque in gable over; moulded segmental arched doorway to bay five. The south platform side to match, with the date 1859 in the crosswing gable: simple platform canopy on cast iron columns, the west end bay rebuilt.

Listing NGR: ST4532608528