Dewsbury Railway Station, Entrance Building, Platform Building and Canopies, Footbridge and South West Office
DEWSBURY RAILWAY STATION, ENTRANCE BUILDING, PLATFORM BUILDING AND CANOPIES, FOOTBRIDGE AND SOUTH WEST OFFICE, WELLINGTON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1300394
- Date first listed:
- 18-Nov-1977
- List Entry Name:
- Dewsbury Railway Station, Entrance Building, Platform Building and Canopies, Footbridge and South West Office
- Statutory Address:
- DEWSBURY RAILWAY STATION, ENTRANCE BUILDING, PLATFORM BUILDING AND CANOPIES, FOOTBRIDGE AND SOUTH WEST OFFICE, WELLINGTON ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1300394
- Date first listed:
- 18-Nov-1977
- List Entry Name:
- Dewsbury Railway Station, Entrance Building, Platform Building and Canopies, Footbridge and South West Office
- Statutory Address 1:
- DEWSBURY RAILWAY STATION, ENTRANCE BUILDING, PLATFORM BUILDING AND CANOPIES, FOOTBRIDGE AND SOUTH WEST OFFICE, WELLINGTON ROAD
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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:
- DEWSBURY RAILWAY STATION, ENTRANCE BUILDING, PLATFORM BUILDING AND CANOPIES, FOOTBRIDGE AND SOUTH WEST OFFICE, WELLINGTON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Kirklees (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 24341 21795
Details
DEWSBURY CB WELLINGTON ROAD SE 2421 NW (Dewsbury) 7/100 Dewsbury Railway Station, 18/11/77 entrance building, platform building & canopies, foot- bridge & south west office block
G.V. II
Railway station in Tudor style. 1848. For London and North Western Railway Company. Ashlar. Pitched slate roofs. Entrance block of 2 storeys with hipped roof, parapet and ashlar stacks. 4-bay symmetrical facade. Single sashes to 1st floor. Tudor arched entrance to left and right, with hood moulds and carved stops, and two 6-light mullioned and transomed square-headed windows with arched lights. Glass canopy and sides on low stone side walls. Interior also Tudor. Wide chamfered door arches and dog-leg stone stair with Gothic cast iron balustrade. Platform buildings continue the style. Glazed canopies on square cast iron columns. Covered, half glazed footbridge to plainer buildings on the other side. The office building, or Station Master's house, to the south west, is of 3 wide bays, the centre one of 2 storeys, breaking forward slightly and with shaped gable. 8-light ground floor window and 6-light 1st floor window, both square-headed, mullioned and transomed and with arched lights to upper tier. Single storey side bays each have shaped parapet and 6-light mullioned and transomed window. Good ashlar stacks. Lower, set-back bay to each side.
Listing NGR: SE2434121795
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 340787
- 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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