Description

Huntingdon BRAMPTON ROAD
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5140
Huntingdon Railway
TL 2371 2/101 Station
II

2
Opened 1849, designed probably by Lewis Cubitt, and apparently little altered since
but modernised 1960-1. Gault brick with slate roofs. Single storey main block
and parcels office with station-master's house at north end. The central portion
of 1:3:1 bays, the outer ones set forward, arched sash windows with radiating heads,
square headed central doorway. 3 further bays to left with parcels office. Canopy
over central portion. Similar frontage to up platform with cast-iron columns supporting
a later canopy. The station-master's house is cement rendered. 2 storeys, 3 windows,
canted bays on ground, sashes with glazing bars above. Bracketed eaves, slate roof.
The iron footbridge is original apart from the corrugated iron roofing, as is the
waiting room building on the down platform. The station was opened as Huntingdon
North on the Great Northern Railway.

Listing NGR: TL2329371611

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Huntingdon railway station at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5945150

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  For the Record
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)