Building record 6294/1/24 - Oundle Railway Station (Disused)

Disused railway station on the Northampton and Peterborough branch line, opened in 1845 and closed in 1964. The two-storey station building is Listed, Grade II.

{1} Railway station now disused. C1845 by W. Livock. Limestone ashlar with slate roof laid to a diagonal pattern. Shallow U-shape plan. 2 storeys. Entrance front of 3 bays with flanking bays breaking forward as gabled cross wings. Central, square-head, doorway with moulded stone surround, hood mould and C19 panelled door. Gabled porch, to centre of left gable has doorway with 4-centred arch head outer and moulded stone surround. Window openings to left and right and above central door and to projecting gables, all temporarily blocked, have chamfered stone surrounds with hood moulds. Window to first floor right breaks forward as a shallow oriel with a 2-light stone mullion window, the bottom lights of which are blind. Castellated decoration to window head. First floor centre window has gablet over. Ashlar gable parapets and kneelers with bases of apex finials. Lateral ashlar stack to return wall of right gable has stepped corbelling and 2 octagonal flues. Similar lateral stack to left side elevation and similar ridge stack to left. Lean-to buildings to left and right are probably c1845. Elevation to platform, to rear of entrance front, has 3 gables each with square-head window opening similar to entrance front. Centre window is a shallow square-head oriel. Range of 7 windows and doors at ground floor, all temporarily blocked, have chamfered stone surrounds. Ashlar gable parapets and kneelers; gable to left has finial. Platform canopy removed. Interior not inspected.

{3} Single storey with attics and a roof covered with lozenge-shaped Welsh slates. Designed by W. Livock and built in 1845. The appearance is of a hall and cross wings house in the revivalist Tudor style with parapeted gables and dominating chimney stacks with octagonal flues. The station master’s house occupied one cross wing and the main entrance to the central section. (Plate 122.)

{5} Undated photograph;

{6} Undated photo;

{8} Railway. Peterborough branch of the London and North Western railway. Act of Parliament for the railway was dated 1843. The railway line is now disused and at least part of it is preserved as footpath. Many of the ancillary buildings such as goods shed and cattle pens have been demolished and the area has become a modern housing estate. The disused railway station has been made into a private residence. Film 7, photo 18.

{9} Across the western side of the site, a thick pad of a cinder and hardcore mix may have been connected to the land's previous usage first as a railway shunting area and more recently as a scrap yard.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 8/12 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G10 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN41470.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1984, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.18 Site 7 (checked) (Series). SNN77384.

<4> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Series). SNN1320.

<5> Various, Various, Photographs of buildings in Ashton (East Northants), 703/37 (Photographs). SNN111136.

<6> Photographs of buildings in Ashton Wold (Photographs). SNN111862.

<7> Palmer M; Neaverson P., 1992, Industrial Landscapes of the East Midlands, p.90 (unchecked) (Book). SNN3691.

<8> Ballinger J., 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Oundle (Industrial), (unchecked) (Digital archive). SNN100257.

<9> JOHN SAMUELS ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSULTANTS, 1998, An Archaeological Excavation and Watching Brief at Oundle Station Yard, Ashton, Northamptonshire, p.7 (checked) (Report). SNN43710.

<10> Historic England, Undated, Oundle Railway Station (Archive). SNN116065.

Record last edited

Feb 16 2024 11:30AM