| HER Number (PRN): | 20302 |
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| Name: | Former Railway House/Crossing Keeper's Cottage, Station Road (NW side), Baschurch |
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| Type of Record: | Building |
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| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1380218: FORMER RAILWAY HOUSE/STATION KEEPER'S COTTAGE |
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Monument Type(s):
Summary
House for the level crossing keeper, built in 1848. In 1880 the signal box [PRN 19990] took over the task, which is protected by Grade II Listing.
| Parish: | Baschurch, North Shropshire, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ42SW |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 42930 22694 |
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Related records
| 19990 | Parent of: Railway Signal Box, Station Road (SE side), Baschurch (Building) |
| 08444 | Part of: Shrewsbury & Chester Railway (Monument) |
| 19544 | Related to: Former Baschurch Railway Station, Station Road, Naschurch (Building) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
Railway crossing-keeper's cottage. Built in 1848 by the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway. The walls are rendered, probably over brick, with tiled roof and red brick stack.Two storey cottage with cruciforrm plan in the "picturesque" estate cottage manner. The elevation facing the railway has a Tudor arch door to the left and a central gable projecting forward. This has a canted bay with a tiled roof and a plain window over. The street gable is finished similarly; the yard gable has a window above an added lean-to; the station gable has a plain window over another. All the windows have 1990s plastic windows fitted in the existing opening. Bargeboards and spike finials to the gables. Central stack with three tall red brick diamond set flues. Interior not inspected.
Baschurch station was opened in 1848 on the line between Shrewsbury and Oswestry. It was built by the Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway, which became a component of the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway before it was opened. The architect for the company was Francis Thompson, but there is no reason to think that the cottage was designed by him. It was taken over by the Great Western Railway in 1856. The cottage housed the crossing-keeper until the signal box took over the job in 1880. <1>
NGR adjusted in 2016 as clearly refers to building to the south of Station Road. <2>
Photograph taken 20th June 2017. <3>
Sources
| [00] | SSA20723 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. SMR Sheets Collection. SMR record sheets. SMR Sheet for PRN SA 20302. |
| [01] | SSA2151 - List of Buildings: Department of the Environment (DoE). 1988-Apr-25. 53rd List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Vol 1585-0. List volume. p 28 8th Amendment (Addition) 20/04/1999. |
| [02] | SSA26784 - HER comment: Carey Giles. 2014 onwards. Comments by Giles Carey, HER compiler in HER database. 16/09/2016. |
| [03] | SSA27226 - HER comment: Haynes J B. 2014 onwards. Comments by J B Haynes, HER Compiler. 22/06/2017. |
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 6 2021 9:42AM |
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