Description

NORTH TAWTON
SS 60 SE
6/77 Railway Station
II
Station building and station-master's house, now disused. 1865. Walls of
irregularly sized stone blocks which are coursed. Gable ended slate roofs. 3 stone
stacks - one at either end of house and one axial to 1-storey building.
Plan: Station-master's house to left with 2 heated rooms and 1 storey station
building to right which has ticket office and waiting room to its right.
Exterior: 2-storey house to left and recessed 1-storey station to its right with
slightly projecting gable at its right end. The house has a double gabled 2-window
front of original 1 and 2-light sash windows in arched openings and with contrasting
plastered stone architraves. Central doorway with C19 panelled door. Station
building has doorway to left of centre with arched head and similar 1-light window
to either side, 3-light window to right-hand end. The rear elevation facing the
platform is similar in reverse and retains its original platform canopy to the
recessed section with ornate wrought iron brackets and wooden fretwork frieze.

Listing NGR: SS6659800025

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26611908

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