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Acklington Station

A Grade II Listed Building in Acklington, Northumberland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.3071 / 55°18'25"N

Longitude: -1.652 / 1°39'7"W

OS Eastings: 422188

OS Northings: 601498

OS Grid: NU221014

Mapcode National: GBR J7X2.4C

Mapcode Global: WHC1Z.LVJW

Plus Code: 9C7W884X+R5

Entry Name: Acklington Station

Listing Date: 29 March 1973

Last Amended: 15 September 1988

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1371112

English Heritage Legacy ID: 236680

Also known as: ACK

ID on this website: 101371112

Location: Acklington, Northumberland, NE65

County: Northumberland

Civil Parish: Acklington

Traditional County: Northumberland

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northumberland

Church of England Parish: Acklington St John the Divine

Church of England Diocese: Newcastle

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Description


ACKLINGTON B 6345
NU 20 SW
(South side, off)
7/10 Acklington Station
(formerly listed
as Acklington
29.3.73
Railway Station)
II

Railway station, now private house. c.1847 by Benjamin Green for the
Newcastle and Berwick Railway Co. Squared tooled stone with tooled ashlar
dressings; Welsh slate roofs. Main part H-plan, with single-storey wings
to north and south-west, and outshut to south. Tudor style.

West elevation: Main part 2 storeys, 1 + 2 + 1 bays. Centre has part-blocked
doorway on right, and 2-light window; smaller windows above in gabled half
dormers; 2 ridge stacks. Gabled end bays set slightly forward: Left bay
shows part-blocked doorway, flanked by small windows, under canted oriel
with cornice and low parapet. Slit in gable; lateral stack on left return.
Right bay has gable stack partly behind projecting single-storey wing with
part-blocked door on left return. To far left a single-storey 3-bay part
with renewed door under 2-pane fanlight, and ridge stack. Chamfered plinth
to some parts; flat-pointed or 4-centred doorways, mostly with later windows
inserted. Renewed small-paned casements; all openings in raised chamfered
surrounds with extended lintels, sills and mid-blocks, many under straight
dripmoulds. Gables coped on moulded kneelers, some retaining ball finials;
stepped-and-corniced stacks with multiple shafts.

Rear elevation to railway: Main parts similar, except that cross-wings extend
further to flank platform canopy, now with C20 part-glazed front wall; empty
clock surround above. Right wing shows canted ground-floor bay. Single-
storey part to right has unaltered canopy, extension of slated roof carried
on arcade of 5 timber posts with wavy braces to axial and transverse canopy
members.


Listing NGR: NU2218801498

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