Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
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.
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