| HER Number (PRN): | 32411 |
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| Name: | Oakengates Station and Station House, Station Road, Oakengates |
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| Type of Record: | Building |
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| Protected Status: | Building of Local Interest (Telford and Wrekin Council) () 6910/5: Oakengates Station and Station House, Station Road |
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Monument Type(s):
Summary
Circa 1850 railway station and adjoining station masters house.
| Parish: | Oakengates, Telford and Wrekin |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ61SE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 69665 10725 |
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Related records
| 05371 | Related to: Shrewsbury & Birmingham Railway (Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton) (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
Circa 1850 railway station and adjoining station masters house. Simple Italianate style. Brick with hipped slate roof, two storeys, three bays and flanking single storey wings. <1>
Oakengates Station (West) opened on 1/6/1849. Was the terminus of S&B until line to E was opened 12/11/1849. Station was just W of the tunnel. Main buildings on N platform in dark yellow brick and decorative arches. Smaller waiting room on S platform now replaced with small bus shelter. Two footbridges - one for passengers, the other for a public footpath crossing the station site. Siding and yard to W and N now used by cement company. <2>
Photographs taken 12th September 2017, By this date the Station House was now the Station House Dental Practice. The sidings and yard have gone. <3>
Sources
| [01] | SSA22089 - TEXT: Department of the Environment (DoE). 1983. [Local List] Historic Buildings - Survey Report - Buildings of Local Interest - District of the Wrekin. p 155. |
| [02] | 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 103. |
| [03] | SSA27226 - HER comment: Haynes J B. 2014 onwards. Comments by J B Haynes, HER Compiler. 05/10/2017. |
| Date Last Edited: | May 11 2022 2:08PM |
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