Description

SU 98 SE SLOUGH RAILWAY TERRACE (south side)

2/20 Slough Station Area Manager's
Office, Traffic Assistant's
Office, And Red Star Parcels Office

G.V. II

Station building. 1882, by J.E. Danks in a Second Empire style. Red brick with
grey brick and stone dressings and lacing courses. Central and outer blocks
with laminated timber pavilion roofs clad in zinc fish-scale tiles with rope
moulded ridge flashing, and linking blocks with corrugated iron roofs. Plan
consists of central block and 2 smaller flanking pavilions with linking blocks.
Central block: one storey. Unfluted pilaster strips rising to dentil cornice
and moulded gutter with acroteria above; 3 oeil de boeuf attic windows with
shells above, and wrought iron balustraded surround to central flat part of roof.
4 bays; centre-hung casements, paired in 2 central bays, and half glazed double
doors in left-hand bay. Linking blocks: each has one ridge stack with oversailing
top. 4 bays; centre-hung casements, either paired or singly; half glazed double
doors in right-hand bay of left-hand block, and 2 wooden gates in right-band bay
of right-hand block. Continuous canopy in front of central and lining blocks
supported on open cast iron brackets. Outer blocks: one storey. Unfluted
pilaster strips rising to dentil cornice and moulded gutter with trefoiled
acroteria above; 3 oeil de boeuf attic windows with shells above; wrought iron
balustraded surround to central flat part of roof; end stacks on inner faces
with oversailing tops, 3 bays; tall paired centre-hung casements. B.O.E.
(Bucks), p.238; The History of Slough Maxwell Fraser, Slough Corporation, 1973,
p.52 and p.145.

Listing NGR: SU9784880201

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26607838

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings