WIDNES NORTH RAILWAY STATION
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1106340
Date first listed: 31-Oct-1983
Statutory Address: WIDNES NORTH RAILWAY STATION, VICTORIA AVENUE
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Location
Statutory Address: WIDNES NORTH RAILWAY STATION, VICTORIA AVENUE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
District: Halton (Unitary Authority)
National Grid Reference: SJ 51278 87104
Summary
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
SJ58 NW FORMER BOROUGH OF WIDNES VICTORIA AVENUE
Farnworth
2/98 Widnes North Railway
Station
II
Station, 1872. Brown brick walls with sandstone plinth and slate roof
and alternate treble courses of plain and shaped slates and with lead
roll ridges. 1 storey, 8 bays, cross bays on H plan. Cross wing
gable bargeboards, supported by gallows brackets, are carved in 3
different designs. The platform canopy has a 3 arched fascia with
dagger, trefoil and diamond in quatrefoil motifs, supported on 4 cast
iron octagonal columns. Walls have beaded quoins. Slightly
Gothic-headed sashes, in pairs, set back in openings with splayed
reveals and heads. The mullions have elaborate offsets, stone sills.
Stacks with elaborate offsets. Original doors have panel infilling of
raking boards. A drinking fountain, set against the station wall, has
a shell/bullrush motif with the date '1872' above. The waiting room
has a substantial plaster cornice, partly worked on the ceiling, and a
fireplace surround with elaborate offsets.
Listing NGR: SJ5127887104
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 56060
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.
End of official listing