Description

The following buildings shall be included:
SK 80 NE OAKHAM

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Oakham Railway Station
GV II

Railway station. 1847. Red brick with buff brick dressings and Welsh slate roof
with brick ridge and end stacks. Italianate style with recessed centre between
cross-wings and outer single-storey wings. 2-storey 5-window range of three
2-light casements to centre and single glazing-bar sashes with arched heads and
margin lights to wings. These last in recessed giant arches with impost band. On
ground floor, a loggia-like porch to centre supported on 4 square whitewashed
piers. Doorways and two 12-pane sashes within. Cross-wings also have 12-pane
sashes within the giant arches. Wide projecting eaves supported on pairs of
shaped brackets. Single-storey block to left with further doorways and glazing-
bar sashes. Similar block to right also has glazing bar sashes, those three
immediately to right of main range with arched heads and margin lights. On the
platform side a cast-iron canopy with decorative ironwork, further 12-pane and
other glazing-bar sashes to ground floor and three 2-light casements to 1st
floor. Part-glazed panelled doors with overlights. Forms a group with Oakham
level Crossing Signal Box (qv) and Oakham Level Crossing Footbridge (qv).

Listing NGR: SK8568809030

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Oakham railway station at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q580151

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)