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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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1341841
- Date first listed:
- 30-Sept-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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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1341841
- Date first listed:
- 30-Sept-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
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:
- 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
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 355881
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Branch Johnson, W, The Industrial Archaeology of Hertfordshire, (1970), 124+128
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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