| HER Number (PRN): | 05393 |
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| Name: | Church Stretton railway station |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
Summary
Church Stretton railway station opened 21 April 1852. A new station opened 23 May 1914 which is still in use.
| Parish: | Church Stretton, South Shropshire, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SO49SE |
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| Grid Reference: | SO 4557 9355 |
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Related records
| 34700 | Part of: Original Station House, N side of overbridge, Sandford Avenue, Church Stretton (Building) |
| 05407 | Related to: Shrewsbury & Hereford Railway (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
Part of the Shrewsbury to Hereford line runs through the study area. The present station is C20. The station moved to the south of the road bridge in 1913 when increasing traffic demanded longer platforms. The Railway Gothic buildings have been demolished <1>
CMHTS Record Sheet <2>
CMHTS Report <3>
Church Stretton Station opened on 21/4/1852. Original station was N of overbridge with two platforms 170 ft long. The main buildings were on the W platform, built on the 'Modern English or villa style' , in rusticated stone. A new station was opened S of the overbridge on 23/5/1914; buildings on both platform were quite large to cater for tourist traffic. A covered footbridge was also added. Today, bus shelters have replaced the demolished buildings. <4>
Photograph taken 26th June 2017. <5>
Sources
| [01] | SSA11483 - Monograph: Bilbey D. 1985. Church Stretton: a Shropshire Town and its People. |
| [02] | SSA19966 - Record form: Buteux Victoria & Dalwood Hal. 1993/ 1996. CMHTS SMR Records Shropshire: Burford to Clun. Central Marches Historic Towns Survey record form. Vol 3. Church Stretton 5393. |
| [03] | SSA12067 - Historic landscape survey report: Buteux Victoria et al. 1996. Archaeological Assessment of Church Stretton, Shropshire (CMHTS). Hereford & Worcester CAS Rep. Rep 307. |
| [04] | SSA29132 - Article in serial: Morriss Richard K. 1985. A gazetteer of passenger railway stations in Shropshire. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. 64. pp.89-105. No 19. |
| [05] | SSA27226 - HER comment: Haynes J B. 2014 onwards. Comments by J B Haynes, HER Compiler. |
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 24 2022 4:58PM |
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