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Former North Eastern Railway Goods Station

A Grade II Listed Building in Holgate, York

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.9593 / 53°57'33"N

Longitude: -1.0968 / 1°5'48"W

OS Eastings: 459360

OS Northings: 451842

OS Grid: SE593518

Mapcode National: GBR NQSN.BG

Mapcode Global: WHFC3.3RZ3

Plus Code: 9C5WXW53+P7

Entry Name: Former North Eastern Railway Goods Station

Listing Date: 8 April 2003

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1407453

ID on this website: 101407453

Location: York, North Yorkshire, YO26

County: York

Electoral Ward/Division: Holgate

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: York

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: York St Barnabas

Church of England Diocese: York

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Description


Former Goods Station, now railway museum. 1875-77 with minor late C20 alterations. Designed by Benjamin Burleigh for the Great Northern Railway Co. 2-storey office block with single-storey goods sheds behind. Red brick with white brick and ashlar dressings. Slate roofs to office block and steel sheeting to sheds.
Office block has blue and white brick impost band, projecting first-floor cill band and deeply moulded brick cornice. Main north-east facade has 9 windows with a 2-storey, 2-window, central entrance projection. Central round-headed doorway with deeply moulded brick doorcase and double doors with octagonal panels and a tall, 2-light, fanlight. This entrance is approached up a double flight of steps with an ornate iron balustrade. Above are 2 segmental-headed sash windows. Either side are 4 round-headed windows with keystones, those to left with margin-light windows and those to right with sashes; above are 4 smaller segmental-headed sashes each with a moulded lower panel. Side facades have 4 windows each, with similar fenestration.
Goods sheds have giant brick pilasters and deeply moulded brick cornice. Either side of the office block is a single wide segmental arch with ashlar impost blocks, keystones and hood mould. Sides have 11 bays defined by pilasters with two symmetrically placed entrance arches at bays 4 and 8. Rear facade has 4 main gables with various large and small segmental entrance arches, small central single projection with slate roof and irregular fenestration.

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