Full Report for Listed Buildings


The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.

Summary Description


Reference Number
1719
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
24/02/1983  
Date of Amendment
22/02/1995  
Name of Property
Ruabon Railway Station  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Wrexham  
Community
Ruabon  
Town
 
Locality
Ruabon  
Easting
330061  
Northing
343820  
Street Side
N  
Location
Situated off Bridge Street to the W of the town centre.  

Description


Broad Class
Transport  
Period
 

History
Designed by Henry Robertson in the 1860s replacing the original Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Station by T M Penson. Converted to offices late C20 and platform canopy removed.  

Exterior
Tudor-Gothic Revival style, single storey. Sandstone ashlar with rusticated quoins, slate roof, stone chimneys. Elevation to road: projecting gabled wings to each end with stone copings and finials. Each has a tall mullioned and transomed window, partially blocked. Central range has central mullioned and transomed window, and a doorway on each side with Tudor-arch head and dimpled spandrels. Low ranges with end stack set back and attached to left and right. Similar platform elevation: low flanking ranges have blocked entrances and windows, other openings blocked, cast-iron gutter with shaped brackets and cast-iron rainwater goods.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as good example of an 1860s station in a style popular for rural railway architecture.  

Cadw : Full Report for Listed Buildings [ Records 1 of 1 ]



Export