Description

SJ 38 NE TUNNEL ROAD
L7

7/1240 Range on north
side of Edge
14.10.74 Hill Station

G.V. II*

Station building. 1836. Built for Liverpool and Manchester
Railway. Red sandstone; channelled rustication that to
ground floor being heavier, 2 storeys, 6 bays with 4-bay
extension to house stairs to underpass. 1st 3 bays break
forward with 2nd bay breaking further forward. 1st floor
sill band, top frieze, cornice (that to 1st 3 bays
modillioned) and blocking course with gable over 2nd bay.
Windows and entrances in recessed ashlar reveals, windows
are sashed. 1st floor has sashes with glazing bars. 2-faced
clock projects between 5th and 6th bays at 1st floor level.
Rear of range is of brick of 1850s,one-storey extension to
north, only west return wall with entrance remains. One of
the oldest railway stations in the world still in use.

Listing NGR: SJ3715089954

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17551154

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
• 
  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback