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| HER Number | MWB6045 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | Pangbourne Station (GWR) |
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Summary
Railway station with unlisted buildings, built in mid 19th century and reconstructed in 1893 when the railway line was widened to four tracks
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 05053.10.100
- National Monuments Record No.: SU 67 NW 76
SU 632 766
Monument Type(s):
Full Description
The original station building was described as a 'neat and commodious structure, somewhat in the style of a Swiss cottage, with Elizabethan windows' <1>. It has been depicted in contemporary engravings <2>. The station was reconstructed by the Great Western Railway in 1893 in red brick with blue brick openings <4>. The Alan Baxter gazetteer <5> puts the date at c 1892 when this section of the Great Western Railway mainline was quadrupled. The layout is a typical one for wayside stations on four track Victorian mainlines, with four platforms including an island between the fast and relief lines <5>.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Wilcox, J. 1992. Pangbourne, An Illustrated History. p27, photos p25. [Monograph / SWB12951] |
| <02> | Bourne, J C. 1846. Pangbourn (sic) Station. [Graphic material / SWB146770] |
| <03> | Historic England (previously English Heritage). ?-present. NMR Buildings Files on Historic England Archive. BF005783. [Index / SWB147173]
https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos/ (Accessed 21/04/2020) |
| <04> | Tyack, G, Bradley, S and Pevsner, N. 2010. The Buildings of England (Berkshire). p423. [Monograph / SWB147855] |
| <05> | Alan Baxter & Associates LLP. 2012. Great Western Main Line Route Structures Gazetteer. WBC Network. MLN1 4143. [Unpublished document / SWB148447]
https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/gwml-gazetteer/ (Accessed 21/12/2015) |
| <06> | Historic England (previously English Heritage). ?-present. NMR Buildings Files on Historic England Archive. BF005783. [Index / SWB147173]
https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos/ (Accessed 21/04/2020) |
| <07> | Fletcher, W. c1840. Tour Round Reading. Google book. p63-4, Illust. [Unpublished document / SWB148846]
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EeQGAAAAQAAJ (Accessed 06/02/2019) |
| <08> | Page and Ditchfield (eds). 1923. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks III 1923. Vol 3. p303. [Monograph / SWB10005]
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol3 (Accessed 08/03/2022) |
| <09> | Robertson, J G (ed). 1843. Environs of Reading. Google book. p63, illust. [Unpublished document / SWB149097]
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7eYGAAAAQAAJ (Accessed 23/08/2016) |
Related Monuments
| MWB23165 | Site of first Pangbourne signal box (Monument) |
| MWB20309 | Site of Mortimer signal box (Monument) |
| MWB20289 | Site of Pangbourne goods shed (Monument) |
| MWB20290 | Site of second Pangbourne signal box (Monument) |
| MWB6024 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY - General record within West Berkshire (Monument) |
| MWB6046 | Pangbourne Station to Oxfordshire Railway Line (Monument) |
| MWB6044 | TILEHURST TO PANGBOURNE STATION RAILWAY LINE (Monument) |
| MWB21771 | 1 Shooter's Hill, Pangbourne (Building) |
| MWB21772 | 3 and 5 Shooter's Hill, Pangbourne (Building) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
| EWB1265 | History and Significance of the Great Western Main Line |
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