Railway Station Original Building

The original building of the railway station is located on the 'up' platform and features an Italianate classical style. It is a two-storey, eleven-window brick structure with a scribed rendered first floor on the platform side and a channelled stone-faced ground floor with quoins. The hipped slate roof has wide bracket eaves and two brick chimney stacks, of which two retain their eaves. Early photographs reveal that porches with ball finials were originally at either end, which were later enlarged to support overall canopies with cast iron brackets. The current canopies are later replacements; the one on the roadside slightly narrows at the eastern end, and the end pavilions have been extended.

The building features sash windows with marginal glazing bars and cornices, linked by a lintel band, although the central windows are blocked. The ground floor previously had round arched openings, as shown in a circa 1855 view, but these have been replaced with the aforementioned sash windows and half-glazed double doors. There is one splayed bay on the platform side and a cut-through passage at the western end. Chester and Holyhead Railway monograms are displayed in round tablets at irregular intervals, with four on each side. A tripartite window is located at the eastern end, accompanied by outside stairs.

Adjoining to the west is a lower hipped roof four-window range that shares similar architectural details and has a later blue-brick extension. The original name-board on the platform side features lettering in red and white. The canopy extends for an additional two bays, while the remaining four bays of this range are covered by a separate canopy associated with the 1920s LMS building.