Former Great Western Railway Station
FORMER GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY STATION, STATION APPROACH
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1298247
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jul-1976
- List Entry Name:
- Former Great Western Railway Station
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY STATION, STATION APPROACH
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1298247
- Date first listed:
- 29-Jul-1976
- List Entry Name:
- Former Great Western Railway Station
- Statutory Address 1:
- FORMER GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY STATION, STATION APPROACH
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.
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY STATION, STATION APPROACH
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Ilminster
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 34849 14918
Details
ILMINSTER
ST3414 STATION APPROACH 1939-1/6/121 (West side) 29/07/76 Former Great Western Railway Station
II
Railway station for the Great Western Railway. c1868. Flemish-bond brick with limestone dressings to windows, plinth-top, platband at impost-level and quoins to all corners, including those of the chimney-stacks. Hipped slate roof with stone ridges, which has wide, boarded eaves supported by cast-iron brackets. Truncated H-shape plan. Single-storey, symmetrical 4-window range. All windows are square to the base, with 4-panes below semicircular-arched tops with 2 panes; plain surrounds with small consoles supporting the sills; the jambs step out at the top to meet the imposts. The frames are C20. Bays to either side are stepped-forward and have one window each. The C20 central double doors with semicircular overlight are flanked by similar windows. The stacks each end of the ridge have been extended with C20 bricks. INTERIOR not inspected. The station was on the Bristol and Exeter line, opened in 1868.
Listing NGR: ST3484914918
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 383483
- 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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