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Latitude: 54.9749 / 54°58'29"N
Longitude: -1.8139 / 1°48'50"W
OS Eastings: 412009
OS Northings: 564490
OS Grid: NZ120644
Mapcode National: GBR HBSX.2F
Mapcode Global: WHC3N.37H0
Plus Code: 9C6WX5FP+XC
Entry Name: Wylam Station and Station-Master's House
Listing Date: 17 February 1972
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1370462
English Heritage Legacy ID: 239530
Also known as: Wylam station
WYM
ID on this website: 101370462
Location: Wylam, Northumberland, NE41
County: Northumberland
Civil Parish: Wylam
Traditional County: Northumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northumberland
Church of England Parish: Wylam St Oswin
Church of England Diocese: Newcastle
Tagged with: Railway station Architectural structure
NZ 16 SW WYLAM STATION ROAD
19/157 Wylam Station and
17/2/72 Station-Master's House
GV II*
Station and station-master's house. 1835. Ashlar with Welsh slate roof.
Single-storey station on left has recessed veranda in centre with roof supported
on 2 cast-iron Tuscan columns. Ticket office on right has original ticket
window with segmental arch and decorative iron grille; also 2 large windows and
a door in chamfered alternating-block surrounds, now boarded up. Waiting room
partly filling left side of veranda has 2 windows in similar surrounds also
boarded up and two 16-pane sashes to rear. Hipped roof with central corniced
stone chimney.
Station-master's house attached to right in Tudor style. 2 storeys, 3 bays with
central doorway in double-chamfered surround. 2-light windows in similar
surrounds, those on ground floor under hoodmoulds. 1st floor centre window is
in gabled oriel on rounded wood corbels. Gutter is supported on rounded stone
corbels. Gabled roof with rendered brick end stacks on stone corniced bases,
supported on stone corbels.
One of the earliest stations in the world still in passenger use. Included
mainly for historical value.
Listing NGR: NZ1200964490
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