List Entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: WYLAM STATION AND STATION-MASTER'S HOUSE
List Entry Number: 1370462
Location
WYLAM STATION AND STATION-MASTER'S HOUSE, STATION ROAD
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County:
District: Northumberland
District Type: Unitary Authority
Parish: Wylam
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II*
Date first listed: 17-Feb-1972
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 239530
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List Entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
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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Map
National Grid Reference: NZ 12009 64490
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