Description

1845. 2-storey station with single storey waiting room; Tudor
style. Rubble snecked and squared; Catcraig ashlar dressings,
droved but over-cleaned. Bold gable copings of Catcraig stone
with moulded flues now cut down. Originally 12-pane sashes
throughout, some modern glazing.
N FRONT: projecting window panel ground floor at centre of
projecting gabled bay. Altered and obscured to right by
modern porch. Hoodmoulded windows on ground floor. 2 1st
floor windows with gabled heads.
Platform elevation rendered and lined as ashlar; fretted
canopies, originally with glass lights. Goods shed to E.
Cast-iron columns with boarded infill on brick plinth
(modern). Timber eaves brackets.

Statement of Interest

Site apparently that of Cromwell's camp (Groome). Land

purchased by the North British Railway Company from the Earl

of Lauderdale circa 1844. Iron footbridge demolished 1979,

made by Macfarlane and bought from Ayton Berwickshire.

Original twin lodges, one demolished.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Dunbar railway station at Wikipedia
• Wikidata IDs Q17804261 Q5257092

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6