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Down Platform Building, Dingwall Station

A Category B Listed Building in Dingwall, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.5946 / 57°35'40"N

Longitude: -4.4224 / 4°25'20"W

OS Eastings: 255310

OS Northings: 858651

OS Grid: NH553586

Mapcode National: GBR H8GN.70D

Mapcode Global: WH3DP.1CCQ

Plus Code: 9C9QHHVH+R2

Entry Name: Down Platform Building, Dingwall Station

Listing Name: Dingwall Railway Station. Down and Up Platform Ranges, Down Platform Staff Shelter

Listing Date: 25 February 1986

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 360483

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB24514

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Dingwall Station, Down Platform Building

ID on this website: 200360483

Location: Dingwall

County: Highland

Town: Dingwall

Electoral Ward: Dingwall and Seaforth

Traditional County: Ross-shire

Tagged with: Palace Railway platform

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Description

Down platform range. Dated 1886. Single storey and attic shallow U-plan range fronting entrance court (W) and down platform (E). Red tooled, coursed rubble; contrasting tooled ashlar dressings.

Projecting crowstepped and finialled outer bays and similar off-centre porch Hoodmoulded mullioned and transomed fenestration; small gabled dormer; multi-pane glazing; tall ridge and well-head coped stacks; slate roof with red pottery ridge.

Down platform elevation fronted by glazed 7-bay canopy supported by cast-iron columns with decorative brackets. Timber clad single storey L-plan range (now Shunters' Bar) to N with W re-entrant angle infilled with later flat-roofed extension; entrance porch supported by cast-iron columns; slate roof.

Down platform staff shelter; N of main range; near square painted timber clad single storey, 2-bay building; panelled door, tripartite window piended slate roof with projecting eaves.

Up platform; single storey painted timber clad 8-bay range; multi-pane glazing; shallow pitched felt roof with single brick ridge stack.

Footbridge; cast-iron footbridge with lattice balustrade.

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