Former railway station waiting room

Old Station Cottage, Gilsland, Brampton, CA8 7DW

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1045227
Date first listed:
27-Jul-1987
List Entry Name:
Former railway station waiting room
Statutory Address:
Old Station Cottage, Gilsland, Brampton, CA8 7DW
Ghyllbrae, Gilsland
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1045227
Date first listed:
27-Jul-1987
List Entry Name:
Former railway station waiting room
Statutory Address 1:
Old Station Cottage, Gilsland, Brampton, CA8 7DW

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
Old Station Cottage, Gilsland, Brampton, CA8 7DW

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Thirlwall
National Grid Reference:
NY 63542 66330

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 30 October 2025 to update the Name and Address and reformat the text to current standards

NY 66 NW
10/39

THIRLWALL
Gilsland
Old Station Cottage

(Formerly listed as RAILWAY TERRACE Ghyllbrae)

GV
II

Former railway station waiting room now private house. Mid C19. Ashlar front, squared stone returns and rear; Welsh slate roof and dressed stone chimneys. Tudor style. Single storey, four bays. Raised quoins. Replaced door in left end bay (behind late C20 glazed porch); replaced casements in chamfered surrounds under hoodmoulds. Small cast-iron drinking fountain built into wall at right. Moulded stone gutter brackets. Steeply-pitched roof has coped gables with square blocks at apexes and square kneelers. Central cross-axial chimney has octagonal-plan stacks.

Included for group value.

Listing NGR: NY6354266330

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
240845
Legacy System:
LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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