ST MARGARETS STATION (BRITISH RAIL) BUILDINGS, PLATFORM, AND CANOPY ALL ON EAST SIDE OF RAILWAY

ST MARGARETS STATION (BRITISH RAIL) BUILDINGS, PLATFORM, AND CANOPY ALL ON EAST SIDE OF RAILWAY, STATION ROAD

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1341841
Date first listed:: 30-Sep-1983
List Entry Name:: ST MARGARETS STATION (BRITISH RAIL) BUILDINGS, PLATFORM, AND CANOPY ALL ON EAST SIDE OF RAILWAY
Statutory Address:: ST MARGARETS STATION (BRITISH RAIL) BUILDINGS, PLATFORM, AND CANOPY ALL ON EAST SIDE OF RAILWAY, STATION ROAD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1341841
Date first listed:: 30-Sep-1983
List Entry Name:: ST MARGARETS STATION (BRITISH RAIL) BUILDINGS, PLATFORM, AND CANOPY ALL ON EAST SIDE OF RAILWAY
Statutory Address 1:: ST MARGARETS STATION (BRITISH RAIL) BUILDINGS, PLATFORM, AND CANOPY ALL ON EAST SIDE OF RAILWAY, STATION ROAD

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

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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Location

Statutory Address:: ST MARGARETS STATION (BRITISH RAIL) BUILDINGS, PLATFORM, AND CANOPY ALL ON EAST SIDE OF RAILWAY, STATION ROAD

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

County:: Hertfordshire
District:: East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
Parish:: Great Amwell
National Grid Reference:: TL 38126 11814

Details

TL 3811 GREAT AMWELL STATION ROAD (north side)

13/1 St Margarets Station (British Rail) buildings, platform, and canopy railway

GV II

Railway station, platform and canopy. Circa 1843 for the opening of the Hertford Branch of the Northern and Eastern Railway. Yellow brick with hipped slate roofs. A long tall, E-shaped, single storey station building facing E. Wings of small projection, and boldly projecting central portico to raised entrance. A triplet of narrow round headed sash windows in each wing, two wider round headed windows on each side of centre. Low plinth, deep impost band linking openings, arches projecting to face of band and keystones to higher central arch in wings projecting further. Small wooden moulded cornice under the eaves. Open front of portico spanned by a beam with panelled face and large arched opening in each side. Square pyramid roofed building of same period attached at S end has similar features. Attached brick revetted platform on W side rampedat end. 5-bay canopy on posts with decorative cast iron brackets and frilly edging in fretted vertical boarding. (Branch Johnson (1970) 124, 128).

Listing NGR: TL3812611814

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Legacy System number:: 355881
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Branch Johnson, W, The Industrial Archaeology of Hertfordshire, (1970), 124+128

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