ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2009/10

ANNUAL REPORT ANDACCOUNTS 2009/10

RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST · ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2009/10

1 RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST 2010

The Trust publishes an Annual Report for four specific purposes:� to publish its Accounts;� to illustrate the projects to which its grants have been awarded;� to acknowledge the financial contribution made to projects by external partners;� to acknowledge the contribution made to the development and delivery of projects

by sponsors, consultants and contractors.

We have a wider purpose too. Britain’s railway heritage deserves every opportunitythat can be taken to make its quality and diversity better known. So our illustratedproject reports also serve to attract potential new partners to work with us in thisimportant and challenging field.

Cover picture: Liverpool Lime Street Station: Theimpressive new frontage (Photo: Malcolm Wood)

Inside front cover: Bermondsey: Spa Road Bridge(Photo: London Borough of Southwark/MarkChilvers)

Inside back cover: Westenhanger Station

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Photography:Specially commissioned from Milepost 921/2,Newton Harcourt, Leicestershire

Other photographs as individually credited

The Trust is grateful to the following individualsand organisations for permission to publishphotographs:

Graeme Bickerdike (www.forgottenrelics.co.uk)Gordon BiddleJim CornellRichard HorneLondon Borough of SouthwarkLondon Borough of Southwark/Mark ChilversNetwork Rail/Jerry MartinNick TaylorJohn YellowleesJohn Yeo

Research and text by Malcolm Wood,with assistance from Claire PicktonDesign by Geoffrey WadsleyPrinted in England by Ian Allan (Printing) Ltd,Hersham, Surrey KT12 4RG

CONTENTSChairman’s Statement 3The Hon Sir William McAlpine Btintroduces the Report; notes howcommitted future support has enabledthe Trust to plan ahead; welcomes thehigher priority being given to stations;highlights successes from the DfT‘National Stations ImprovementProgramme’ and ‘Access for All’initiative; emphasises the benefits ofpartnership funding, reviewingprojects that have improved stationfacilities, increased communityinvolvement (noting the success ofFirst ScotRail’s ‘Adopt a Station’scheme) or rejuvenated unusedaccommodation; pays tribute toJim Cornell and welcomes hissuccessor, Andy Savage; and thanksthe Trust’s sponsors, Network Railand BRB (Residuary) Ltd.

Review of Projects 4-29Individual reports on projects grant-aided by the Trust, including work toa water tank; floodlighting; the publicrealm; a floral clock; and a variety ofstations, incorporating conversions toan artist’s studio, medical centre, daynursery and refreshment rooms.

National Railway HeritageAwards 29The Railway Heritage Trust Award for2009 is shared by the ArkwrightSociety and Messrs Collis and Phelps,for Cromford Station.

Grants and ExternalContributions 30-31A detailed list of grants awarded andexternal partners’ contributions.

The Trust’s Accounts 32A summary of the audited accounts.

Chester Station: Refurbished Venetian style window

RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST · OFFICERS AND ADVISORY PANEL 31st March 2010

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EXECUTIVE BOARD

Chairman: The Hon Sir William McAlpine BtExecutive Director: Jim Cornell (until 9th January 2010)

Andy Savage (from 4th January 2010)Director: Marcus Binney

ADMINISTRATION

Company Secretary: Malcolm WoodPersonal Assistant: Claire Pickton

ADVISORY PANEL

Sir Peter Baldwin Sir Simon JenkinsRobert Baldwin Bernard KaukasGordon Biddle David LawrenceJohn Boyle Chris LeahTimothy Bryan Candida Lycett GreenAnthony Byrne Geoff MannProfessor Dugald Cameron John Martin*Jim Cornell* Vernon MurphySir Neil Cossons Sir Howard NewbyIan Hay Davison Frank PatersonLord Faulkner of Worcester Oliver PearceyDr William Fawcett Malcolm ReedChristopher Fildes Simon RiggeJonathan Glancey Martin RobertsonChris Green Paul SimonsChristopher Heaps John SnellCharles Howeson Sir James SwaffieldStanley Hurn Dame Margaret Weston

* Appointed to the Advisory Panel during 2009/10

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ADVISORY PANEL

The Advisory Panel’s Annual Meeting took place on 8th October 2009, andmembers were given presentations by Robin Gisby, Director, Operations &Customer Services, Network Rail, on the National Stations ImprovementProgramme, and by Simon Blanchflower, Client Engineering Manager,Thameslink, Network Rail, on the progress of the Thameslink Project, focusingon significant heritage interfaces.

Torquay Station: Refurbished frontage andcanopy

Sir Peter BaldwinThe Trust learned, with regret, of the death of Sir Peter Baldwin on 9th May2010. As a member of the Advisory Panel since its inception, Sir Peter was anenthusiastic and knowledgeable supporter of the Trust’s work.

CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT


DESPITE THE RECESSION, the Trusthas had another successful year.The security of its five year

funding from Network Rail has enabledit to plan ahead with a series of majorinvestments over several years, and workwith external partners to invest inimprovements to the railway.

The industry is now giving its stationsa higher priority; during the year we sawthe publication of Chris Green andProfessor Sir Peter Hall’s report, ‘BetterRail Stations’, and how that catalysedthe industry’s approach. I welcome theappointment of Mike Goggin as Directorfor Stations & Customer Service,Network Rail, showing how this area isgaining importance, although thenational economic situation is nowlimiting investment.

During 2009/10 the Trust attractedalmost £2.3 million in external funding,thereby more than doubling its originalsponsorship amount.

The Trust has worked to supportheritage aspects of both the ‘NationalStations Improvement Programme’ andthe ‘Access for All’ initiative. As a resultwe have been able to give grants toenhance the heritage features of variousstations, including Halifax, WorcesterForegate Street, Whitby, Dewsbury, Hull,Urmston, Wemyss Bay, Buxton,Cromford and Kilmarnock.

Last year’s work at Chester Stationwas a good example of how parties cancome together to bring real benefits tothe railway, and in this case to thesurrounding areas of the city. Thepartnership of Cheshire West & ChesterCouncil, the Trust, Network Rail, VirginTrains, Arriva Trains Wales and localbusinesses has raised funding for a seriesof initiatives on the station; restoring theoriginal buildings, upgrading offices,improving passenger facilities, and alsoupgrading the routes from the station intothe city centre. Some of the restorationof internal rooms, and external brickand stonework, is outstanding.

We have continued to work withvarious partners to improve stationfacilities for the public, and atBirmingham Moor Street, Carlisle,Middlesbrough, Skipton, Stoke-on-Trent,Liverpool Lime Street, Edge Hill,Darlington and Sheffield we haveinvested for their benefit, from a castiron fence around a cycle park toreopening a station bar.

The Trust has also been able to work

with train operating companies inbringing tenants into stations toincrease community involvement – FirstScotRail’s ‘Adopt a Station’ scheme isparticularly worthy of note, with smallinvestments by the Trust leading toimaginative uses for redundant parts ofstations: we also see similar schemeselsewhere on the system. The Trust hasgiven grants for such works, and forfeasibility studies, at Brading, Sandown,Spalding, Etchingham, Aberdour,Llandovery and Ladybank, and isdeveloping other projects.

The Trust has also worked towardsrejuvenating heritage buildings that therailway can no longer commerciallyemploy. It has given grants, often inconjunction with Network Rail’scommercial property arm, to refurbishbuildings or arches for letting at Chester,Whitstable, Westenhanger, Salford,Eastbourne, Torquay and Newcastle, aswell as refurbishing or moving heritagebuildings and structures that are nolonger of use to the railway, such assignal boxes at Llandrindod Wells,Wroxham, Cromer, St Austell andBarnham, historic relics at LondonPedley Street, and the water tower atGlenfinnan. It has also supportedimprovement of the public realm aroundthe railway at Spa Road, Bermondsey,and in Brighton, at Trafalgar Street andLondon Road Viaduct.

The Trust has continued its on-goingrelationship with BRB (Residuary) Ltd,awarding grants for cycleways acrossConisbrough Viaduct and throughDevonshire Tunnel, Bath.

Each year I pay tribute to the teamthat delivers the Trust’s successfulperformance. This year, in thankingMalcolm Wood and Claire Pickton, I askthat they allow me to give particularpraise to Jim Cornell, who retired asExecutive Director after thirteen years.Jim has been an indefatigable championof the Trust, and has applied his skillsthroughout the industry, and wider, toensure that it delivered its objectives.Jim’s contribution to the railway, overhalf a century, has been much wider; hewas a senior Director in British Rail and,more recently, a Non-Executive Directorof Network Rail. The whole industry hasbenefited from his input, and it is ameasure of him that he gave as muchattention to the smallest grant award asto the major issues he has dealt with. Ithank him for his contribution, and wish

him, and his wife Wynne, a long andhappy retirement together.

I would also like to take thisopportunity to welcome Andy Savage asour new Executive Director. Andy is acivil engineer with significant, long-termexperience of the railway industry andits heritage aspects.

The Chairman at Etchingham Station performingthe official opening of the refurbished facilities

I must also thank my fellow Director,Marcus Binney, and the members of theAdvisory Panel, for their input. In2009/10 we were pleased to welcomeJohn Martin and Jim Cornell to thePanel. Sadly, I also report the death, on9th May, of Sir Peter Baldwin, a valuedmember of the Advisory Panel since1985. His contribution to the work ofthe Trust will be greatly missed.

Lastly, can I thank both Network Railand BRB (Residuary) Ltd for their on-going financial support to the Trust. It isonly thanks to their generosity that wehave been able to deliver our work overthe last quarter of a century.

It is my pleasure to present the twentyfifth Annual Report for the RailwayHeritage Trust.

The Hon Sir William McAlpine BtChairmanLondonJuly 2010

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EASTBOURNE STATION

A previous Annual Report describedEastbourne Station as an ‘archetypalholiday resort terminus’. Indeed, theGrade II listed building provided by theLondon, Brighton & South CoastRailway (LB&SCR) in 1886 is that, but itis far more besides.

The LB&SCR opened the branch linefrom Polegate to Eastbourne in 1849,with the station being relocated to itscurrent site in 1866 and furtherimprovements being made in 1872.Exhibiting mixed styles of architecture,the station has two distinct wingsarticulated around an impressiveItalianate styled clock tower, with asteeply pitched pyramidal roof. The twowings themselves are no less impressive,with the secondary frontage of thenorthern wing capped by a curved rooffinished in zinc fishscale tiles, and thesouthern wing, which originally

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contained the ticket hall, surmounted byan ornate lantern capping the hippedroof. The elevations to both wings are aconfection of buff stock bricks with redbrick corbelling and arched windowheads. Work to reglaze the canopies hasimproved the impact of light and shade,thus accentuating the colours of thebrickwork.

The southern wing was previously inuse as a buffet with part of the space asa sports bar. Covering two floors and anattic space, it had fallen into seriousdisrepair. Following on from thesuccessful conversion last year at BexhillStation where the former parcels officewas refurbished and regenerated into apharmacy, the same company has nowtaken on this redundant space atEastbourne and created a ‘drop in’medical facility. This comprises a reception and waiting room, toilets and

an access lift for the mobility impairedwhich links to consultation rooms andoffice space on the first floor. The atticspace has become a staff facility. Thecentre is accessed from the concourse,and although the space had been heavilymodified in earlier use, sufficienthistorical details remained to beincorporated into the creation of atwenty first century facility and onewhich is well-used.

The Trust was able to providesubstantial support for this project,which exemplifies the diversepossibilities that exist for conservationthrough regeneration of redundantspace and which give historic structuresthe ability to sustain their survivalthrough continued use.

Sponsor: South East Health Ltd, Ashford, KentArchitect: Faulkner Associates, Bexhill, East

SussexContractor: P D Harris (Henfield) Ltd, Henfield,

West Sussex


CROMER SIGNAL BOX

For many years the well-known Norfolkfishing port and holiday destination ofCromer enjoyed the luxury of threerailway stations. The current town stationis the former Cromer Beach Station,opened in 1887 and serving the Midland& Great Northern Joint Railway(M&GNJR). The station became knownsimply as Cromer in 1969, sometimeafter the cessation of passenger servicesat the former Great Eastern Railwaystation, Cromer High, in September 1954.

The Grade II listed Cromer Signal Boxis the sole-surviving example of aparticular style of box executed underthe guidance of M&GNJR engineerWilliam Marriott. The design supersededthe previous M&GNJR Type 1b box andwas constructed from concrete blocks upto eaves level. The blocks were producedfrom 1916 at the Melton ConstableWorks and the structure at Cromer isbelieved to date from 1922, its roofhipped and detailed without a fascia andits windows set three panes deep. Thebox was latterly furnished with a

Right: Newly installed consulting roomBelow: Refurbished entrance from concourse

Above: Restored operating floor

Railway Signalling Company tappetframe with 35 levers, the unit beingtransferred from another location andinstalled in the 1950s.

Railtrack ceased to operate the box in2000, after resignalling centralisedcontrol of the route at Norwich. In 2004The Cromer Railway Signalling Societywas formed by local residents to preservethe box and the adjacent permanent waylamp hut, with the intention of creatinga small railway museum. Work hasprogressed on the restoration of externalelements of the cattle dock site, the boxand the lamp room. The Trust has givena grant towards this, and the continuinginternal work being undertaken by thesignalling group.

Sponsor: The Cromer Railway Signalling Society,Cromer, Norfolk

Contractor: The Cromer Railway SignallingSociety volunteers

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KILMARNOCK STATION

There has been a railway connectedwith Kilmarnock since 1811 when theDuke of Portland built Scotland’s firstpublic railway, the Kilmarnock & TroonRailway (K&TR), primarily to transportcoal, using horse drawn wagons, fromhis collieries at Kilmarnock to hisharbour at Troon. The most significantchange came in 1843, however, whenthe Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock & AyrRailway (GPK&AR) opened a branch linefrom Dalry and replaced the 1812 K&TRstation.

Two years later both the GPK&AR andthe Glasgow, Dumfries & Carlisle Railway(GD&CR) deposited bills in Parliamentseeking to construct a route fromKilmarnock to the south, to link up witha proposed GD&CR route north fromCarlisle at Cumnock. Having beensuccessful, the GPK&AR began construct-ing a new station at Kilmarnock in 1846and the routes were linked in 1850, thesame year in which the GPK&AR andthe GD&CR were amalgamated to formthe Glasgow & South Western Railway(G&SWR). (The Caledonian Railway hadobjected to the GD&CR element of theproposal which was a potential rival toits own route, but an amended billallowed the two companies to settle theirdifferences.)

The 1846 station remained in useuntil a third station was built in 1898 by

the G&SWR. This station is constructedin red ashlar sandstone with incisedjoints to the lower sections of theelevation. The most dominant feature isa pedimented tower at one end,accentuated by the elevated position ofthe station which fronts the road with afairly high sandstone retaining wall,above which is an inclined planting bedcontaining a floral clock. The plantinghas been in a poor condition for sometime and, as part of the townscapeinitiatives being promoted by EastAyrshire Council, a scheme has beendeveloped, supported by a grant from theTrust, to undertake significant works,

introducing water features, colouredlighting and a reinstatement of theplanting to the clock. The scheme, whichwill also deal with failures in thesandstone retaining wall due to waterdamage and previous, inappropriatemortar pointing, is a fitting complementto the viaduct floodlighting reported lastyear.

Sponsor: East Ayrshire Council, Kilmarnock, EastAyrshire

Architect: Peter Drummond, Kilmarnock, EastAyrshire

Landscape Architect: David Wilson Associates,Hamilton, South Lanarkshire

Contractor: Kelburne Construction Ltd,Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire

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Above: Lamp room and signal box

Above: The floral clock prepared for refurbishment

SKIPTON STATION

Opened by the Leeds & BradfordExtension Railway in 1847, SkiptonStation was later rebuilt in a slightlydifferent location by the MidlandRailway (MR) to a design by its architectCharles Trubshaw. Opened in 1875, thegeneral design of the new structurefollowed standard MR patterns withhipped glazed ridge and furrow canopiesand finely detailed cast iron spandrels

ARBROATH STATION

The Dundee & Arbroath Joint Railwayopened a station in Keptie Street,Arbroath in 1848, ten years after theoriginal arrival of the railway in thetown. The current station was built in1911, with the entrance building andticket office located on the road bridgespanning the lines and with platformaccommodation housed in a linear setof buildings beneath glazed canopies.

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and finials. The entrance building isconstructed in coursed rubble stone withashlar dressings and slated roofs.Although there were five platforms at onetime, two of these were taken out of usewhen the Ilkley line was closed in 1965.

The station was subject to a thoroughrestoration in 1998, when a new tickethall was incorporated and works werecarried out to the canopies, but now anew regime of works is proposed and, asa precursor to these, there have beenrecent improvements made to platformfacilities. As part of this work, the Trustsupported the train operating company,Northern Rail, with alterations torefurbish existing toilet facilities and toinstall disabled toilet facilities onplatform 2 at the eastern end of theGrade II listed building.

Sponsor: Northern Rail Ltd, LeedsDesigner & Contractor: JMD Developments,

Wetherby, West Yorkshire

CROMFORD STATION

This station was featured in last year’sAnnual Report, when the Trustdescribed the considerable amount ofwork carried out by the ArkwrightSociety of Cromford Mill to refurbish the1875 Midland Railway (MR) building onthe northbound platform.

The station was originally opened as atemporary facility by the Manchester,Buxton, Matlock & Midland JunctionRailway (MBM&MidJnR) in 1849, withlater permanent buildings developed onthe southbound platform between 1855and 1860 by the MR, as successor to theMBM&MidJnR. These later designs werethe work of G H Stokes, executed in thestyle of a French château. The station isnow a gateway to Cromford Mill and theDerwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site.

The Trust has provided an additionalsmall grant this year to enable the 1875building to be completed for letting asoffice accommodation and for finishingtouches to be undertaken to the fabric.

Last year the Trust reported on grantsupport for a feasibility study forproposals to reuse vacant buildings aspart of the First ScotRail ‘Adopt a Station’initiative. This year we have awarded avery small grant to enable The RoyalSociety of Edinburgh, with help from thelocal authority, to refurbish a store roomadjacent to the waiting room on platform1 to provide a suitable environment foran educational art gallery to exhibitwork by local schoolchildren, under thetitle ‘Images of Arbroath as seenthrough the eyes of the young’.

The work has created a pleasant andinviting space linked to the housecolours of the station and has revived aroom which had been locked out of useand, in the main, forgotten.

Sponsor: The Royal Society of Edinburgh

The only element of the station nowawaiting attention is the MR latticefootbridge, which the Trust hopes willeventually be refurbished to completethis magnificent location.

Sponsor: Arkwright Society Ltd, Cromford,Derbyshire

Architect: Mansel Architects, Belper, DerbyshireContractor: Arkwright Society Building Team,

Cromford, Derbyshire

Left: Interior of refurbished office spaceInset: Restored fireplace detail

Above: Exhibition space in former store room

Above: Refurbished entrance to toiletsRight: General view of platform area

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WHITBY STATION

The Grade II listed station at Whitby isthe work of the renowned architectGeorge Townsend Andrews and wasopened in 1847 as a replacement for theearlier Whitby & Pickering Railway(W&PR) station of 1835, the W&PRhaving been taken over by the Yorkshire& North Midland Railway (Y&NMR) in1845. The Y&NMR was one of thecompanies of which George Hudson, the‘Railway King’, was Chairman and thedesign of Whitby Station was executedto reflect Hudson’s intentions andaspirations for the town. Classicallystyled, it is constructed in ashlar stonewith arched porticos with projectingcornices, although the original wroughtiron ‘Euston Truss’ overall roof wasremoved in 1953.

Last year we reported on works to

GLENFINNAN STATION

The West Highland Line was built byRobert McAlpine, who used concrete asthe medium for many of the structuresalong the route, including GlenfinnanViaduct, which has featured mostrecently in the Harry Potter film series.Glenfinnan Station was opened as partof the Mallaig Extension to the WestHighland Railway on 1st April 1901. Itis located at the head of Loch Shiel, nearthe monument to Bonnie Prince Charliewhich recognises the location where hisstandard was raised in 1745. The stationis an attractive collection of smallbuildings set on two platforms with aspectacular backdrop of highlandscenery and is popular with tourists.

At the eastern end of the station is awater tank constructed in cast ironsections. Believed to be a replacement ofthe original 35,000 gallon tank from1901, the structure dates from the 1950sand is smooth faced, with curved edgesto top and bottom, and has a blackpaintwork finish. It sits on the uppersection of the embankment on theoriginal concrete sleeper walls whichmakes an interesting composition withthe exposed rock face on which it islocated. It is almost like a monolithicpiece of modern sculpture but,nevertheless, sits well in the localenvironment.

The Trust awarded a grant toGlenfinnan Station Museum towards the

first stages of the restoration of the tankwhich has a significant function inproviding water for the Jacobite steamspecials which operate along the routethroughout the tourist season.Volunteers of the Friends of GlenfinnanStation have also carried out work to thesupply pipework from the water sourcein the mountains. As a result, the systemfunctions well and recently the tank hasbeen supplemented internally with a newinsulated sectional chamber to provide amore reliable and efficient supply.

Sponsor: Glenfinnan Station Museum Trust,Glenfinnan, Inverness-shire

Contractors:MacCivils, Glenfinnan, Inverness-shire &Friends of Glenfinnan Station volunteers

SPALDING STATION

The Italianate buildings at Spalding,designed by John Taylor to serve theGreat Northern Railway, opened inOctober 1848. Although later servingthe Midland & Great Northern Joint andthe Great Northern & Great Eastern JointRailways, the station remained primarilya Great Northern Railway operation andthe yellow brick structure with broadeaves and Venetian style windowsremains a significant element of theSpalding townscape.

Last year we reported on proposals bySouth Holland Radio CIC to refurbishparts of the building to house acommunity radio station and, indeed, wehad hoped this year to be able to reporton the completion of this work. Whenthe building was opened up, however, itwas found that it was in a very poorstate internally and we noted last yearthat significant delays had beenencountered in dealing with thisdilapidation. The progress of the overallworks has, consequently, been slow andwe are awaiting the results of furtherefforts to address the problem. The Trustcontinues to support the proposals andlooks forward with anticipation to thecompletion of the refurbishment.

Sponsor: South Holland Radio CIC, Spalding,Lincolnshire

refurbish the platform areas includingcanopy restoration, new lighting to thecanopies and portico, and the installationof decorative railings surrounding thetrackbed. That scheme was completedthis year with works including reslatingthe portico roof, tidying the stationentrance and addressing the externalsigning. The station has long required arational overview of conservation issues,including management of the signing,and this is an area still of concern to theTrust, which we hope will be addressedsoon.

Sponsor: Network Rail London North Eastern,York

Designer & Contractor: C Spencer Ltd, Barrow-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire

The refurbished water tank in its elevatedlocation

Right: Refurbished canopy and newly installedrailingsInset: The main station entrance

extensive structure in the Tudor stylewith ashlar stone construction andpitched, slated roofs. The archedentrances included hood moulds andcarved stops and the windows weremullioned and transomed. The buildinghad two Jacobean styled gables whichincorporated bas relief monograms ofthe L&NWR in the stonework. Toppingthese gables were tall, cylindricalchimney stacks, sadly now long gone.

In March 1889 the building wasmodified with a new two storeyextension still acknowledging the Tudordetail of the earlier station in thewindows and doors. The wide frontagecanopy included a glazed roof withassociated glazed windbreakterminations. A semi-circular glazedfootbridge linked the platforms, and the

glazed canopies were carried on castiron columns with quatrefoil spandrels.When later demolitions occurred in the1960s, the original 1848 frontage washalved in length and the remainingportion is now used as a licensed bar.

As part of joint station improvementinitiatives between Network Rail andFirst Group, the train operator, proposalshave been developed for the reorderingof the internal spaces within the laterbuilding, to provide ticket and customeramenities more in keeping with twentyfirst century travel expectations. Newretail and taxi office facilities are beingincorporated, all supported by a grantfrom the Trust. The work, nowcompleted, entailed changes to producea regenerated interior and as a result theGrade II listed building has been given anew lease of life. The Trust is pleased tonote that the external decorations arealso being addressed as part of the work.

Sponsor: FirstGroup plc, AberdeenArchitect: Above & Beyond, Huddersfield, West

YorkshireContractor: Strategic Team Group,

Glasshoughton, West Yorkshire

BARNHAM SIGNAL BOXBarnham Junction Station was openedby the London, Brighton & South CoastRailway (LB&SCR) on 1st June 1864,being renamed Barnham (Sussex) by theSouthern Railway in 1929. The stationis located at the junction for the branchline to Bognor Regis on the main linebetween Worthing and Chichester.

A significant feature at the west endof the main island platform was theLB&SCR Type 3b signal box, opened in1911, housing an LB&SCR 1905Pattern frame with 75 levers with tappetlocking, probably built at the LB&SCR’sCold Blow Works at New Cross. The box

was finished in timber boarding with agabled, slated roof. Taken out of servicein 2007, the box became the subject oflobbying by a local group, the SaveBarnham Signal Box Campaign, whichwas intent on seeing the box saved fromdemolition and relocated to another sitewithin Barnham. Network Rail agreed toundertake the removal of the box,provided that the group could findsupport and funding for the relocation.

The group located a suitable recipientsite at a nearby leisure complex wherethe superstructure could be set on a newbrick and concrete base. The box waslifted complete onto a low loader and

transported by road to the new site atAldingbourne Community SportsCentre, the event being the subject ofmuch media coverage. This facility willbecome the home of the Bognor RegisModel Railway Club and will alsoprovide a supplementary facility for thelocal community. To this end, the Trustprovided grant funding to support theworks being undertaken to re-erect thebox at the new site.Sponsor: Barnham Signal Box Trust, Barnham,

West SussexEngineer: BCS Design Ltd, Tadcaster, North

YorkshireContractor: BCM Rail Ltd, East Grinstead, West

Sussex

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DEWSBURY STATION

The invention, in 1813, of woollen‘shoddy’ (yarn made from a mixture ofwoollen rags and new wool, used tomake heavy blankets and uniforms) ledto the significance of Dewsbury, and itspopulation, rising meteorically. With thisearly example of recycling thesurrounding district became a focus forthe heavy woollen industry.

In 1848 the Leeds, Dewsbury &Manchester Railway commencedbuilding a centrally located station atDewsbury but before completion thecompany had been taken over by theLondon & North Western Railway(L&NWR). The station was originally an

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ETCHINGHAM STATION

The South Eastern & Chatham Railwaybuilt the line from Tunbridge Wells toHastings in 1851 at a low cost, anaction which subsequently createdproblems. However, the stations alongthe route, designed by William Tress,were, in the main, a far more robustproposition. Etchingham reflected adeparture from most of the otherstations, being a Tudor confection withgables, tall chimneys and a cornerturret, all executed in a combination ofgrey ragstone with ashlar dressings. Thestation’s appearance was made evenmore convoluted by extensions carriedout between 1861 and 1864 and in1914 a canted awning was installedalong the platform elevation.

The building had been only partiallyused in recent years with a bookingoffice located at the southern end. Thewestern range and the first floor

accommodation, formerly the stationmaster’s house, were complete but in avery dilapidated condition with birdsroosting on the window ledges and thefloors in a parlous state, althoughhappily all the original first floorfireplaces remained intact. The structurehad also suffered from subsidence atsome time with the floors at thenorthern end displaying some noticeableunevenness.

Fortunately, the station became thesubject of attention from a localcommunity interest group, DeEtchingham CIC, which had beeninstrumental in setting out a communityaction plan for the village, one of itstargets being the need to focus some

community activity at the station. Theopportunity thus arose to link works toimprove the fabric of the station with theinternal regeneration of the redundantspace, and also to improve the land-scaping of the station garden.

The Trust was approached and agreedthat the refurbishment of the station wasworthy of its aim to conserve historicrailway buildings by regeneration andtwo grants were awarded, one to South-eastern to attend to specific areas of thefabric and the other to De EtchinghamCIC to deal with internal works and somelandscaping to improve the setting of thestation. The resulting community café,‘Bistro @ the station’, has been a realtransformation, and the building nowhas a real presence once again. Allied toworks carried out by Southeastern andNetwork Rail to reglaze the 1914canopy, this has resulted in a muchimproved station environment.

Sponsors: Southeastern, London & DeEtchingham CIC, Etchingham, East Sussex

Designer: Trueplan (UK) Ltd, Tunbridge Wells,Kent

Contractors: West Maintenance Services Ltd,Gravesend, Kent & MDM Props Ltd, London

Garden Design: English Heritage Gardens,Etchingham, East Sussex

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Above: A dramatic record of the relocation of Barnham Signal Box

Above: The refurbished building and stationgardenBelow left: A preserved fireplace on the first floorBelow right: Lighting details

LLANDRINDOD WELLSSIGNAL BOX MUSEUM

Llandrindod Wells Station becamesimply Llandrindod in 1980. This was,however, a reversion to the originalname; when the station was opened bythe London & North Western Railway(L&NWR) in October 1865, as part ofthe Central Wales Line, it would still beanother 11 years before the townrenamed itself Llandrindod Wells as itbecame more fashionable as a resort.

The line running from Craven Arms toLlanelli was constructed in stages

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between 1861 and 1868, but when thesignalling on the route was convertedthe two signal boxes serving the stationbecame redundant. In 1989 one of theboxes, a standard L&NWR designcomprising a timber cabin located on abrick base and capped by a slate roof,was relocated from the level crossing tothe platform, on the site of the secondbox which had long since beendemolished. Listed Grade II andretaining the name Llandrindod Wells,the relocated box was taken over by theTown Council and restored as amuseum. In 1998 the Trust gave a grant

HULL STATION

Last year we reported on various worksto Hull Station, including stoneworkrepairs to the colonnade of arches facingthe concourse, adjacent to the formerhotel entrance. The work included thecutting in of stone to repair thespandrels, string courses and plinths. Aminor element of that work remained,for which a small grant was awardedthis year.

Sponsor: FirstGroup plc, AberdeenContractor: Classic Masonry Ltd, North Shields,

Tyne & Wear

WROXHAM SIGNAL BOX

The Trust has been supporting theWroxham Signalbox Trust for some timein its efforts to refurbish this formerGreat Eastern Railway (GER) Type 7signal box in order to create a museum.The box was built in 1900 housing aMcKenzie & Holland 50 lever frame andserved the line between Norwich andNorth Walsham, the route originallyopened by the East Norfolk Railway butworked by the GER from its inception in1874.

We have previously reported on therelocation of the box closer to thenarrow gauge Bure Valley Railway as aresult of signal sighting issues, and alsothe subsequent reconstruction of thebrick lamp room. Last year we described

to assist in the replacement of the accessstair and in 2001 and 2006 the signalbox received two of the smallest Trustgrants ever awarded, to provide a signboard and to help with repairs to doorsand barge boards.

This year, following deterioration ofthe softwood replacement stair whichhad suffered from rot for some time, afurther application was received fromthe Town Council and the Trust washappy to support a more significantpiece of work: to replicate the staircaseusing a much more robust hardwood,thus ensuring that the facility will beable to continue functioning successfully.

Sponsor: Llandrindod Wells Town Council,Llandrindod Wells, Powys

Contractor: Robert Taylor Building & JoineryServices Ltd, Llandrindod Wells, Powys

the repairs to the roof and this year weare able to report that the external fabrichas been refurbished with new weatherboarding and can also note thecommencement of some more exteriorredecoration work.

The very good quality of the workoverall has brought about a finetransformation and the Trust looksforward to seeing the completion of thisproject.

Sponsor: Wroxham Signalbox Trust, Wroxham,Norfolk

Contractor: John Grimwood, Hickling, Norfolk

Left: The newly installed staircase

Above: Work progressing on cladding andredecorationLeft: Interior of first floor

MIDDLESBROUGH STATION

The Grade II listed neo-Gothic station atMiddlesbrough, opened in 1877 anddesigned by William Peachey, architectfor the North Eastern Railway, hasfeatured regularly in our AnnualReports. Middlesbrough has significanceas the first ‘railway town’ following itsselection as a location for docks by theStockton & Darlington Railway in 1830.

The station has seen many changesbut continues to exhibit the splendour ofPeachey’s original design, which recentalterations have served to reinforce. Theformer station refreshment rooms,located at the eastern end of the mainplatform, form a significant visualtermination for the large platformconcourse area but in recent times this

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space has been in a poor state of repair.First Group, who operate the station,undertook to return this accommoda-tion to viable use as a cafeteria and theTrust supported the proposals with asignificant grant. One of the mainintentions was to retain as much of thedetail to windows and cornices aspossible whilst lessening the impact onexternal features.

The result has been the creation of alarge retail space and back up areaswhich reflect the requirements of amodern catering operation. The

traditional bar installa-tion works wellwhilst the windows and their fieldedunder panels retain their simple yeteffective original details. The cornices tothe high ceilings have been repairedwhere necessary and painted in anappropriate colour scheme for themodern style sought by the tenants. Theroom has been simply furnished andmodern lighting installed. This is a highlyeffective transformation and one whichthe Trust has been pleased to support.

Sponsor: FirstGroup plc, AberdeenDesigner: CSN Consulting LLP, Stockton-on-Tees,

County DurhamContractor: Crinson Liddle Construction Ltd,

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LADYBANK STATION

Built as part of the Edinburgh &Northern Railway, Ladybank Stationwas officially opened in September 1847as part of the route from Burntisland toCupar and is located at the point wherethe line to Perth diverges from the mainroute serving the north. The design,attributed to architect David Bell, is of asimple Italianate style, the main facilitieson the down platform including theStation Master’s House, waiting room,refreshment room, bar, two dining roomsand associated cellars. The canopy iscarried on decorated cast iron columns.

At many provincial Scottish stationselements of extensive facilities whichhave been left fallow for many yearshave recently been given new leases oflife as a result of the First ScotRail ‘Adopta Station’ initiative. Ladybank is noexception and the Trust joined with thetrain operating company to supportproposals put forward by renownedartist Kirsty Lorenz to take upaccommodation in what had originallybeen a dining room, to create a studio

where she could produce and exhibit herdramatic flower paintings.

The room had been unused butfortunately was not extensively poor incondition and the Trust was delighted tosupport the refurbishment work whichhas enabled Kirsty to breathe new lifeinto this neglected area of an interestingstation.

Sponsor: Kirsty Lorenz, Ladybank, FifeContractor: Keith Lindsay, Strathmiglo, Fife

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BIRMINGHAM MOOR STREETSTATION

Built by the Great Western Railway(GWR) as a terminus for trains fromNorth Warwickshire and Stratford-upon-Avon and to relieve anovercrowded Birmingham Snow HillStation, Birmingham Moor StreetStation was opened in 1909 but wasonly furnished with temporaryaccommodation. The permanentfacilities were finally completed in 1914,the construction being an Edwardianversion of the GWR style of the latteryears of the nineteenth century.

The route to Snow Hill waswithdrawn in 1967, with Snow HillStation closing in 1972. Moor StreetStation remained in operation as aterminus, but experienced a period ofdecline. In 1986, as part of the cross cityroute, a new through station, linking toa now reopened Snow Hill Station, wasconstructed alongside and the oldstation was left fallow, with severedeterioration occurring to the structure.Following the reintroduction of through

services to London Marylebone in the1990s, however, the station wasrenovated in 2002 by The BirminghamAlliance and Chiltern Railways, with theconcourse area refurbished to reflect theGWR 1930s’ style.

Within the original buildings an areawas set aside for future cateringopportunities and in 2007 a local,family based company took on the spaceto create a high quality refreshmentroom. Following on from the 1930s’theme of the restored concourse, andusing references from other former GWRlocations, a finely detailed area has beenfashioned, with the use of figured timberpanelling, appropriate lighting elementsand chromium trim to reinforce the ArtDeco theme.

The room is furnished with suitabletables and a large GWR network mapgraces the wall space above the periodfireplace (believed to incorporate anoriginal GWR fire surround). Attentionto detail has included use of the GWRroundel motif and crockery, basedfaithfully on 1930s’ period examples, toprovide a fine experience of a former age.

One hundred years after the first yearof the station’s operation, and withgrant support from the Trust, theproprietors have successfully taken thetheme forward with the refreshmentroom being branded as the CentenaryLounge, giving new life to what was aneglected part of the station.

Sponsor: Newsbreak Ltd, Solihull, West MidlandsDesigner: Ian Harban Consulting Engineers,

Banbury, OxfordshireContractor: Multifit (UK) Ltd, Birmingham

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Left: The splendidly detailed interiorInset: GWR themed tablewareBelow: The Centenary Lounge access from theconcourse

BATH: DEVONSHIRE TUNNEL

At 437 yards (400 metres) in length,Devonshire Tunnel is the shorter, morenortherly, of two single bore tunnels,opened in 1874, which led the Somerset& Dorset Joint Railway southwards fromBath Green Park Station, through thedowns skirting the city. The southerlyCombe Down Tunnel at 1,829 yards(1,672 metres) was the longest railwaytunnel in the United Kingdom withoutintermediate ventilation points and wasnotorious for the problems it presentedto train crews through the risk of beingovercome by the effects of smoke, due tothe combination of the lack of

ventilation and the narrowness of thetunnel.

Bath & North East Somerset Councilhas been instrumental in thedevelopment of this route as part of theTwo Tunnels Greenway initiative, tocreate a joint cycle and pedestrianpathway for the Sustrans network, andthe Trust has supported BRB (Residuary)Ltd in developing proposals to open upDevonshire Tunnel. The Trust’s granthas been put towards preliminary workfor the cycle route, notably the diggingout, reopening and repair of thenorthern portal. The portal is a stylishstructure in coursed, rock faced Bathstone and was buried on closure of theroute; it currently remains partlyobscured by the concrete blockingstructures installed at that time.

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The proposals for the reopening of thetunnels are complemented by theinclusion of technology to ensure mobiletelephone coverage within the tunnelsand ecological issues will be addressedby the introduction of ‘bat friendly’lighting.

Sponsor: BRB (Residuary) Ltd, LondonContractor: Railway Paths Ltd, Bristol

CARLISLE STATION

The Lancaster & Carlisle Railway (laterincorporated into the London & NorthWestern Railway) commissioned SirWilliam Tite to design the station atCarlisle, originally named Carlisle Citadelafter the law courts sited opposite. Titeproduced an impressive structure in greyashlar sandstone in a style aptly describedas Tudor Collegiate. The station wascompleted in 1850 and is listed Grade II*.

Changes were made to enlarge theoriginal train shed in 1862 and afurther extensive alteration was made in1881 when a new broad island platformwas added with a central block of

accommodation on two floors whichincluded a signal box located behindcarved timber bay windows. A newlighter ridge and furrow roof was alsoinstalled, carried on new flank walls.

Within the central block a formerwaiting room which had been unusedfor some time became the subject of aproposal by Virgin Trains forrefurbishment as a passenger facility.The Trust offered a grant towardsrestoration of details within this spaceincluding a simple Tudor style fireplacewhich had been covered in aninappropriate paint finish and hadsuffered ‘scraffiti’ damage. Whilst not asspectacular as the Tite period fireplaces,

the restoration carried out has left a finereminder of the care which was taken inthe extension work to retain the intentof the Tite design. The timber wainscotswith fielded panels and carved cornerposts have also been repaired andredecorated whilst the finishes, seatingand lighting have introduced a modern,bright element to this regeneratedwaiting room.

Sponsor: Virgin Trains, BirminghamContractor: Serco Project Services, Warrington,

CheshireFireplace restoration: Jeremy Melling Building

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BERMONDSEY: SPA ROADBRIDGE

London’s oldest railway, the London &Greenwich, was constructed under theleadership of engineer Colonel G TLandmann in 1836. The route, betweenthe original, temporary station at SpaRoad (located to the east of the currentsite of London Bridge Station) and theoriginal destination of Deptford, wasremarkable in that it ran the length ofthree and three quarter miles on aviaduct comprising a series of semi-circular arches of a regular size of 22feet (7 metres) high and 18 feet (5metres) wide. The only changes to thisstandard form occurred wherewaterways or roads had to be traversed.

One of the first bridges encounteredon the route eastwards is that whichcrosses Spa Road in Bermondsey. Thebridge consists of a central brick semi-circular arch supported by rows of castiron fluted Doric columns, 14 to eachside, which separate the road fromfootpaths in arched galleries, and thebrick spandrels to the face of the bridgeare carried on ashlar stone supports.With the eventual widening of the routethe bridge became enveloped in a largerstructure but retains an individualcharacter nevertheless. It is one of twosurviving bridges from the original route– the other being the nearby AbbeyStreet Bridge – but Spa Road was thefirst railway bridge to be built in London

and is also the oldest railway bridge thatremains in operation in the city.

The Trust has supported the LondonBorough of Southwark, as part of its‘Cleaner Greener Safer’ initiative, in therestoration of this Grade II structure,which had been perceived by manylocals as an unsafe area at night. Theworks have included sensitive cleaningdown of the brickwork and cast ironelements, redecoration of the bridge,works to the surface of the footpaths,new lighting and new modern styledprotective railings to replace insensitivebrickwork infill panels which previouslyexisted between the columns.

The Trust continues to monitorproposals for the inclusion of morespecialised artistic lighting installationsas part of the public realm works andwill follow this project in the comingyear with interest.

Sponsor: London Borough of SouthwarkEngineer: Mouchel, LondonContractor: Conway Ltd, Dartford, Kent

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ABERDOUR STATION

The station at Aberdour was opened bythe North British Railway on 2nd June1890, shortly after the opening of theForth Rail Bridge. The route fromEdinburgh to Fife had previously beenconnected by a ferry from Granton toBurntisland but now the link could bemade directly by rail via the new linelinking the bridge with Burntisland.Aberdour was already a centre fortourists and the location of the stationwithin the town and the new link notonly benefited the tourism industry butalso mining and quarrying in the area.

The station consisted of a mainbuilding in squared, snecked, rock facedstone and originally incorporated a firstclass waiting room and bookstall as wellas ticket facilities. This building wasmodernised in the 1950s. The platformsare linked by a decorative wrought ironfootbridge and a shelter in similarstonework to the main building exists onthe opposite platform. Beyond the mainbuilding is a signal box, comprising araised single storey with a basement,also constructed in the same stone asthe main building. The box becameredundant in 1981 when colour lightsignalling controlled from Edinburghwas installed and has remained emptyever since. It has not deteriorated badlyin the ensuing time but its small size hadprevented any beneficial use being foundfor it. The station and associatedbuildings are listed by Historic Scotlandas Category B.

A proposition has now been made bylocal private clients for the conversion ofthe signal box into a small café,including a flexible area that could beused for community activities orexhibitions. In order to achieve asuitably viable solution, the proposal

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incorporates the extension of the box ina contemporary style, with the extensionbeing an unashamedly but high qualitymodern structure, designed tocomplement the original box withoutrecourse to pastiche.

In order to assess the viability and toresolve design issues, the clientscommissioned a feasibility study, anexercise to which the Trust was pleasedto contribute. We look forward to theresults of the appraisal and thedevelopment of the project to bring newlife to this interesting location.

Sponsor: Lis & John McTaggart, Aberdour, FifeArchitect: idp architects llp, Glasgow

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NEWTON-LE-WILLOWSSTATION

Newton-le-Willows, or Newton Bridge asit was known in early days, holds itsplace in history as the nearest station tothe site of the tragic accident that befellThe Rt Hon William Huskisson MP,President of the Board of Trade andparliamentary representative forLiverpool, who was struck byStephenson’s ‘Rocket’ on the openingday of the Liverpool & ManchesterRailway (L&MR) on 15th September1830 and died the same day from hisinjuries.

The event was commemorated by amarble tablet, erected in 1831 alongsidethe track at the accident site and housedin a grand enclosure in classical stylewith a roof supported by columns,resulting in the structure being referredto as ‘The Fireplace’. This original tabletsuffered from vandalism and waseventually removed and transferred tothe National Railway Museum in York,but a replacement was commissionedand installed at the trackside location,

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arched ticket position at the entrance tothe station, ensuring that the moderninstallation was carefully integrated intothe older opening. The station iscurrently undergoing a major refurbish-ment, supported by the Trust, which isalready revealing much of the originalstructure and providing an insight intothe historic features, all of which will bedescribed in next year’s Annual Report.

Sponsor: Merseytravel, LiverpoolDesigner: jnpgroup, Brighouse, West YorkshireContractor: Serco Project Services, Warrington,

CheshireSub-Contractor (Huskisson Tablet): Andrew

Barraclough, Halifax, West Yorkshire

with a second replica also being madeand kept in safe keeping in Manchester.

Difficulty of access to the originallocation was considered sufficient reasonto install the second replica where theinscription could be seen clearly andMerseytravel undertook to locate thistablet in the stairwell at Newton-le-Willows Station which, as NewtonBridge, was one of the 15 stations built

by the L&MR in late1845 to replace theoriginal lineside halts.

The Trustsupported the work toinstall the tablet witha modest grant, andgave an additionallarger sum to assistMerseytravel inproviding a disabledaccessible ticketcounter in the

Right: A current view of the signal box

Above left: The tablet located in the stairwellBelow left: Detail of the tabletBelow: The mobility access ticket window

LIVERPOOL LIME STREETSTATION

The central area of Liverpool haswitnessed a major development in recentyears with key buildings and space beingsignificantly altered, none more so thanthe frontage area to Liverpool LimeStreet Station. The Gateway project is apartnership comprising Liverpool Vision(representing, amongst others, theHomes & Communities Agency), the Cityof Liverpool, the Northwest RegionalDevelopment Agency and Network Rail,and is supported by the Trust. This

The Trust has been particularlyinvolved in supporting the works relatedto the station including stoneworkreplacement to the frontage colonnade,reglazing of the station façade andremodelling of the main staircase to thestation entrance to interface with a newglazed modern lift shaft serving theWirral Line subsurface station.

The transformation of the area isspectacular, opening up the views of theadjacent Art Nouveau public house ‘TheCrown’ and vistas to the frontages of StGeorge’s Hall and the Picton Library.Work to complete the Gateway willprogress into the next financial year andthe Trust continues to support LiverpoolVision, through the Homes &Communities Agency, with thisworthwhile project.

Sponsor: Liverpool Vision on behalf of Homes &Communities Agency, Warrington, Cheshire

Architect: Glenn Howells Architects, BirminghamContractor: Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering,

LiverpoolArtist: Simon Faithfull, Berlin

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partnership has created a point ofarrival of the highest quality at thestation, by removing an unsightly 1960stower block and other structures,leaving a large area which has beenremodelled to produce a series of stepped‘galleries’ faced in grey granite,interspersed with circulation space laidout in York stone paving. The area isdivided by a raised planter with treestrained to give a sculptural form of bothhard and soft intervention.

An additional dimension has beengiven to the area with the inclusion of apiece of public artwork ‘Liverpool toLiverpool’ by Simon Faithfull, an artistbased in Berlin who has created a recordin images of a trip made from the city toLiverpool, Nova Scotia on a containership, tracing the reverse of a journeymade by the author of ‘Moby Dick’,Herman Melville. The artwork takes theform of images, originally created on apalmtop computer, engraved into theYork stone paving, the granite risers,and also on the frontage glazing to thestation.

Right: A general view of the station frontage andstaircaseInset: The Liver Building as depicted by SimonFaithfullLeft: The artwork on the concourse glazingBelow: The transformed frontage

SANDOWN STATIONA vast increase in visitors in Victoriantimes saw Sandown mushroom as aresort town due, in no small part, to thefact that the Isle of Wight Railway(IoWR) had opened the line from Ryde toShanklin, which included SandownStation, in 1864. Despite extensionworks in 1871 and later in the 1930s,the basic form of the station remainsmuch as it was when constructed and,indeed, the significance of the locationwas such that the IoWR kept itsheadquarters there until a serious fire in1917 forced a move to Ryde.

The original building comprised a twostorey central section to which an

extension was added to the Shanklin endin the 1930s. It is constructed in brickwith the front and side elevationsfinished with masonry paint. The firstfloor elevation retains its fair facedfinish, the slated roofs have steeplypitched gables and the building isfurnished with several chimneys and alow verandah canopy to the frontage.

There has been a long-standingaspiration to see the accommodation atSandown better utilised for the benefit ofpassengers and the community at largeand the Trust has supported the trainoperator, Island Line Trains (part of

YORK: ‘BRUNEL ERA’DRAWINGS CONSERVATION

As in previous years, the Trust has metthe on-going cost of employing aconservator to help the Network RailNational Records Centre in Yorkcontinue the important and time-consuming task of repairing thepriceless collection of ‘Brunel Era’drawings, now including other thanGreat Western Railway documents.Work undertaken this year includesdrawings related to the contract forMaidenhead Bridge, Paddington Station(including one signed by Brunel) andPaddington Span 4. Other work includesdrawings related to the Tay Bridge, theRoyal Border Bridge at Berwick, theHigh Level Bridge at Newcastle and theManchester & Leeds Railway includingTodmorden Viaduct (signed by ThomasGooch).

As many of the drawings relate tostations and structures that are nownon-operational, a portion of the Trust’sgrant has come from BRB (Residuary)Ltd sponsorship.

Sponsors: Network Rail HQ, LondonBRB (Residuary) Ltd, London

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South West Trains), in refurbishing theground floor space, to regenerate thebooking hall with a café facility, and increating commercial space for rental.(The first floor retains its use as railwayoffices.) The creation of the spaces hasincluded works to windows and externalfinishes and some minor externaltownscape works related to cycleparking. The Trust looks forward to thecompletion of the regeneration with thearrival of tenants for the new areas.

Sponsor: Island Line Trains, Ryde, Isle of WightArchitect: R M Associates, Bembridge, Isle of

WightContractor: Vectis Builders Ltd, Ryde, Isle of Wight

Above right: Interior of booking hallBelow: Forecourt elevation

WEMYSS BAY STATION

Originally opened in April 1865,Wemyss Bay Station was rebuilt in 1903for the Caledonian Railway (CR) underprovisions in the Caledonian Railway(General Powers) Act of 1899. The newstation and pier opened on 7thDecember 1903 and the work, executedby architect James Miller and the CRChief Engineer Donald Mathieson,proved an efficient design for theinterchange of passengers between trainservices and the steamers plying theClyde coast.

The impressive station, regarded asone of the finest on the Scottish coast,

exhibits an elegant charm, with theinternal focus being a curved, glazedconcourse set around the semi-circularplan of the ticket office. Long curved,glazed canopies serve the platforms andthe ramp to the pier. The buildings

surrounding the concourse have aclassic Edwardian style whilst theexternal frontage, half-timbered andfinished with harling with dressings andplinths in sandstone, reflects a styleencompassing both Arts & Crafts andArt Nouveau elements. The mainexternal feature of the station is theclock tower and its associatedaccommodation.

The station was in dire need ofattention, as would be expected from abuilding in such a severely exposedmarine situation, and the Trust supportedNetwork Rail in the refurbishment of theexterior timberwork and paintwork andalso, particularly, in works carried outon behalf of the knowledgeable andenthusiastic volunteers, the Friends ofWemyss Bay Station, for whom thewaiting rooms facing the concoursehave been refurbished and convertedinto a bookstore and gallery – displayingthe history of the station and also workby local artists. With the retention of theoriginal wainscot panels, with theirdistinct vertical fielded sections, and also

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together with the Great Northern andMidland Railways. The two storey mainbuilding in red brick, with twinpavilions, gabled roofs and fretted bargeboards, was the subject of refurbishmentwhich was described in the AnnualReport of 2007/08. The regenerationenabled the building to be given a newuse as a restaurant.

Elements of that project wereidentified for on-going support from theTrust and the work to address therepointing of brickwork scars, someremaining from the loss of the canopiesin the 1960s, has now been actioned,thus completing the overalltransformation of the building from aneyesore to a worthwhile asset.

Sponsor: Network Rail London North Western,Manchester

Consultant: CPMS Ltd, Johnstone, RenfrewshireContractor: Clan Contracting Ltd, Widnes,

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URMSTON STATION

Located on the outskirts of Manchester,Urmston Station was one of theCheshire Lines Committee stations, thedesign of which reflected the style of theManchester, Sheffield & LincolnshireRailway, one of the joint owners

the fireplace, despite the hearth being,sadly, panelled in some time ago, thisspace has been regenerated in anappropriately sympathetic manner andis now a popular element of this finestation.

Sponsor: Network Rail Scotland, GlasgowContractor: CK Contracts Ltd, Lochwinnoch,

Renfrewshire

Below: General view of platform elevation

Above: General view of the stationBelow: Concourse with refurbished bookstore torightBelow right: Interior of bookstore

glazed frontages are modern in style anddiffer from Forth Street in that theglazing bars have been finished in abeige tone to match the colour of thedecorative iron bridge which carries therailway over St Nicholas Street at theend of Westgate Road. As a result, theview of the elevated castle keep has beengiven a vastly improved setting and thework to the arches, supported by theTrust’s grant, completes a satisfyingregeneration of these urban features in ahistoric location.

Sponsor: Network Rail Commercial Property,London

Architect: ADF Architects, GlasgowContractor: C Spencer Ltd, Barrow-upon-Humber,

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NEWCASTLE:WESTGATE ROAD ARCHES

The diverging viaducts which lead therailway eastwards out of NewcastleStation were constructed in 1848 by theYork, Newcastle & Berwick Railway(later the North Eastern Railway). Lastyear we reported on the refurbishmentinto commercial tenancies of 15 archesof Forth Street Viaduct, which forms theapproach to the High Level Bridge. Thisyear the Trust has again supportedNetwork Rail’s commercial propertyarm, in converting and developing theseven arches beneath Westgate RoadViaduct. This viaduct links NewcastleStation to the northbound East CoastMain Line and was originallyconstructed to make the link betweenNewcastle and the route of theNewcastle & North Shields Railway.

Westgate Road Viaduct iscontemporary to Forth Street Viaductand was constructed to designs byRobert Stephenson and T E Harrison,with the northern face being extendedby C A Harrison in 1894. Westgate Roaditself represents the line of the medievalstreet of Westgate and also the edge ofthe Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Siteand the site of the Roman fort of ‘PonsAelius’. Prior to work commencing itwas therefore necessary forarchaeological investigations to beundertaken and these established the

presence of Roman remains dating fromthe second and third century AD.

The arches are in coursed, rock faced,grey sandstone and match the ForthStreet arches in detail. For many yearsthey were home to motor tradingtenants and their general appearancewas poor. A tremendous transformationhas, however, now taken place with thearches lined and mezzanine floorsinstalled. Lighting and general finishesare clean and modern and externally therecessed rainwater goods have beenreplaced where severely damaged. The

Top: Interior of fitted out unitAbove: Mezzanine detailLeft: The arches with ‘The Keep’ in thebackground

WHITSTABLE STATION

The present station at Whitstable wasopened by the South Eastern & ChathamRailway in 1915, replacing the originalLondon, Chatham & Dover Railwaystation which dated from 1860 and waslocated some distance to the west. Thebuildings are good examples of simplebut strong Edwardian functionality, withthe main body of red brickwork

countered by stone dressings andparapets to the slated roofs with themerest hint of classical treatment in theform of paired brick pilasters. Thewindows are typical, simple sashes ofthe period with segmental brick archesto the openings.

Over time the accommodation on thedownside gradually fell into disrepair butin the 2005/06 Report the Trust wasable to detail the regeneration of part of

the range of buildings as a nursery. Thedetermination of the founders of theChoochoos Day Nursery saw theircommitment, supported by the Trust,repaid with a significant dailyattendance of children to the facility;so much so that a second redundantbuilding further to the east on thedownside platform and formerly housingtoilets and staff facilities has now beentaken over and converted into additionalaccommodation.

The building was in a poor state witha central yard exposed to the elementsand significant vegetation growingwithin. Following repairs to the buildingroof, the open yard was also roofed toprovide a top lit reception lobby and theadjacent rooms converted to playroomsand toilet facilities. The frontage accessroute to the building was cleared andlandscaped and a new front door addedwith sympathetic detailing. The generalstandard of work to the doors, windowsand interiors is particularly good and theTrust is delighted to have been able tosupport Choochoos Nursery to achievethis successful extension.

Sponsor: Choochoos Day Nursery, Whitstable,Kent

Designer: Kent Drawing, Gillingham, KentContractor: MPC Contractors Ltd, Gillingham,

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BRADING STATION

The Isle of Wight saw over 55 miles ofrailway built between 1862 and 1900by nine separate companies, but by1913 only three were left: the Isle ofWight Railway (IoWR), the Isle of WightCentral Railway and the Freshwater,Yarmouth & Newport Railway. In 1923they all became part of the SouthernRailway. Between 1952 and 1966 mostof the lines were gradually closed,leaving only the Ryde to Shanklinsection of the former IoWR as anelectrified line, operating former LondonUnderground tube stock.

Brading Station was built by the IoWRin 1864, as a single storey building inred brick with windows capped bysegmental heads in yellow bricks, anddoors finished with a half round arch,

also of yellow bricks. An angled awningoriginally finished in corrugated iron iscarried from the face of the stationbuilding on cast iron brackets with theIoWR monogram included in thespandrels. The two platforms are linkedby a lattice framed bridge, the originalwrought iron span having been replacedin steel, but retaining the original castiron column supports and half landingbrackets.

Opposite the main building is theredundant platform for the Bembridgebranch, closed in 1953. The waitingroom buildings still exist beneath a fullygabled canopy. The former signal box,located beyond the platform, is assumedto be of a design specific to the IoWR,built by local builders and fitted with aStevens frame. It is finished in red brickwith yellow brick quoins and window

surrounds and the slated, hipped roofhas a dog tooth timber frieze set belowthe soffit. Beneath the windows is acorbelled brick detail forming adistinctive sill. Both the station and thesignal box are listed Grade II.

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BUXTON STATION

In 1863 two railway companies arrivedin Buxton: the Stockport, Disley &Whaley Bridge Railway, supported by theLondon & North Western Railway(L&NWR), which ran trains fromManchester to Buxton through WhaleyBridge, and the Midland Railway (MR)which was extending its ownManchester, Buxton, Matlock & MidlandsJunction Railway from Rowsley.

The two stations sat side by side andwere furnished with identical frontagesdesigned by J Smith under the guidance

of the famous Joseph Paxton, whoseinfluence was evident in the wroughtiron train sheds and the large semi-circular fanlights provided in the endgable of each station building.

Having closed in 1967, the MRstation was demolished to make way for

which had, sadly, deteriorated andrequired new staircase access andrestoration of the windows. This willcreate an information and museumfacility and the external spacesurrounding the box in the formertrackbed will form a terraced outdoorseating area. The waiting rooms on theplatform, together with the canopy, wererefurbished and redecorated with originaldetails retained, including windowsurrounds, doors, external timberboarding, wainscots to the interior wallsand fixed, period timber benches.

Sponsor: Brading Town Council, Brading, Isle ofWight

Architect: R M Associates, Bembridge, Isle ofWight

Contractor: John Martin Building & Groundwork,Ryde, Isle of Wight

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a new road, with only the plinth of theend wall surviving, but the gable end ofthe L&NWR station still exists, albeitnow separated from the current stationbuilding, and it is the restoration of thefanlight to this gable which has been thesubject of attention and support fromthe Trust this year. The framework of thefanlight has been completely stripped tobare metal and repaired and redecoratedwith new glazing installed as necessary,thus restoring a structure which is notonly a rare survivor but also asignificant element in the localenvironment of the station.

Sponsor: DB Schenker Rail (UK) Ltd, Doncaster,South Yorkshire

Contractor: Buxton Building Supplies, Buxton,Derbyshire

Right: The refurbished signal box

Above left: Buxton Station in 1953Above: Glazing detailBelow left: The completed refurbishment of thesurviving fanlight

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SALFORD: NEW BAILEYSTREET ARCHES

The three magnificently decoratedbridges which span New Bailey Streetreflect, from south to north, work by theLiverpool & Manchester Railway (L&MR)in 1844 and by the Lancashire &Yorkshire Railway (L&YR), once in 1865and then again in 1894. Nestlingbeneath the eastern abutments of thesebridges, opposite the new frontage toSalford Central Station, is a series ofarches which have been refurbished toprovide commercial accommodation.

Whilst the extent of work is relativelylimited, there is no doubt that the simpleintervention provided by the glazinggives the arches a far more commercialpresence and is a far cry from theirformer appearance. It also reinforces theintention of the original work to arch18c and complements the superb workcarried out to the frontage of SalfordCentral Station opposite.


Architect: Network Rail Building Design Group,London

Contractor: Spence Refit Ltd, Keighley, WestYorkshire

ST AUSTELL SIGNAL BOX

St Austell was one of the main callingpoints on the Cornwall Railway as wellas a centre of the Cornish china clayindustry, and its station was constructedin 1859 under the guidance of I KBrunel. Originally broad gauge, the routewas doubled in 1899 and following thisthe station underwent a radicaltransformation, with a new signal boxbeing built at the Penzance end of the upplatform in 1905.

The box is a standard Great WesternRailway (GWR) Type 7c box, a designcurrent between 1896 and 1927, and isa two storey construction in red brickwith blue brick plinths and quoins. Theroof is hipped and slated in typical GWRstyle using Welsh slates capped withblack glazed ridge tiles. The operationalfloor has a range of windows to thesouthern elevation exhibiting the GWR

five pane style of fenestration as well asranges of windows to both endelevations. The west wall is built on asection of stonework incorporated froman earlier goods shed. The box has beenunused since 1985 and, althoughdeterioration has taken place, is still in areasonably sound condition but subjectto periodic vandalism.

The St Austell Railway Heritage Trust(SARHT) was formed by a group of

enthusiastic locals at the beginning of2009, with the intention of promotingthe history of St Austell as a railwaycentre through the preservation andregeneration of the signal box. As partof its plans, this year SARHTcommissioned an options appraisal, withthe support of the Trust, to investigatethe most suitable opportunities forconserving and utilising the structure inline with both its own objectives andlocal aspirations. The group aims topreserve as much of the historic fabric aspossible, but to bring the box to acondition which will enable on-goingviable use. Appropriate options currentlyinclude commercial use, heritage centreand a local community activity basewith a focus on education.

Sponsor: St Austell Railway Heritage Trust,St Austell, Cornwall

Consultant: Cornwall Development Company,Redruth, Cornwall

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In the Annual Report for 2007/08 werecorded the work which had beencarried out to incorporate a glazed frontto arch 18c, located in the gap betweenthe spans of the two L&YR bridges. Thisyear the Trust has once again supportedworks carried out by Network Rail’scommercial property arm, this time torefurbish arches 60, 61 and 61b. Thesearches are situated in the gap betweenthe spans of the L&YR bridge of 1865and the adjoining L&MR structure. Thework has again included glazingbetween spans and in the arches, to thesame design as that used previously.

Above: New Bailey Street frontagesLeft: Refurbished archInset: New arch windows

Below: St Austell Signal Box in earlier days

WESTENHANGER STATION

Last year we reported on the initialworks being undertaken, following a fire,to refurbish the former station house atWestenhanger. Opened in 1844 by theSouth Eastern Railway, the station islocated between Ashford and Folkestoneand serves Folkestone Racecourse. Thestation house was a later addition, beingconstructed in 1861, and is a two storeybuilding whose windows are formedwith round headed openings to theground floor and segmental arches tothe upper floors. Originally it wasbelieved to have been built using twotypes of yellow bricks, but followingrestoration work it appears that thebrickwork is one consistent type andthat the colour difference may have beendue to the effects of ivy growth.

Refurbishment work has moved on ata pace, and the Trust has seen a secondtranche of grant support being used tocomplete the restoration of the interior.The building has been cleared, newpartitions installed as necessary and avery modern commercial office space

created within, whilst retaining andrespecting the structure’s character. Thewinder staircase has been sensitivelyrestored and details to the sash windowsand doors have been well-executed. Thewindows are finished with large panes;there is a possibility that they mayoriginally have been multi-paned, butthe current style is not detrimental tothe appearance of the building.Externally, the brickwork has beencleaned on three of the building faces.The exception is the platform elevation,due to restricted access from thetrackside, and this remains anopportunity for future work. Gutters andrainwater goods have also beenrationalised and repaired.

Whilst the work has created a veryfine space, use of the building is stilldelayed by the need to complete works tobring the drainage system into fullworking order and it is anticipated thatthis will be achieved during the summerof 2010. The Trust looks forward toseeing the station house fully occupiedonce more.


Designer: Lilyrock, Esher, SurreyContractor: Geoffrey Osborne Ltd, London

CONISBROUGH VIADUCT

The former route of the Dearne ValleyRailway crosses the River Don nearConisbrough by means of a spectacularviaduct constructed by Mammat &White in 1909. The approaches consistof 21 semi-circular blue brick archesand the river crossing itself is by a latticeiron girder set part way into the lengthof the viaduct. The railway was closedin 1966.

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The Trust reported last year on worksto introduce secondary protection to theparapets of the iron span and this yearhas again supported BRB (Residuary)Ltd and its partner, Sustrans, inundertaking further works to bring theviaduct back into use as part of theSustrans cycle network. The works havebeen focused on the introduction ofwaterproofing to the iron span and theapproaches. To achieve this, a concreteslab has been cast over the deck and anew wearing surface incorporated. Oldfencing and boulders which hadobstructed the route have also beenremoved.

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LONDON: PEDLEY STREET

Observant travellers approachingLiverpool Street may well have noticed aseries of carved stone ornamentalbuilding elements located in acompound, called Memorial Gardens, bythe side of the tracks at Pedley Street.These are finials and parapet decorationsrecovered from buildings which wereformerly part of the Great Eastern Hoteland Broad Street and Liverpool StreetStations and which were removed as partof the major development of LiverpoolStreet which was completed in 1991.

For some time these artefacts werehidden by vegetation and sufferedvandalism as a result of ease of accessfrom the trackside. Network Railundertook to clean the monuments,clear vegetation, improve the setting anddeal with the access issues throughappropriate security fencing, and thework was carried out by the MaintenanceDelivery Unit at Romford. The Trust wasapproached to consider the possibility ofsupporting some architecturalillumination of the individual elementsand was pleased to offer a small granttowards the protection of the lightingunits. The overall site, including thebrick paving, is now clean and tidy andpresents a far more appealing aspect onthe approach to Liverpool Street Station.

Sponsor & Contractor: Network Rail MaintenanceDelivery Unit, Romford, Essex

SHEFFIELD STATION

The Trust last detailed works at Sheffieldin our Annual Report of 2006/07:subsequently, significant improvementshave continued. Sheffield Station wasopened by the Midland Railway in 1870,serving the new direct route from thecity to London. However, in a very shorttime the capacity of the station had beenovertaken by an increase in traffic,resulting in the need for rebuilding. Thenew design was the work of CharlesTrubshaw, with a new frontagefollowing the principle applied atLeicester and Nottingham of including aglazed arcade over the forecourt.Subsequent expansion saw the original

frontage become the face of the buildingsserving the island platforms 2/5.

At the northern end of the platform1b side of the resultant frontagebuildings was a series of refreshmentrooms, which had been used for variouspurposes until becoming redundant inmore recent years. This space has nowbeen leased to licensed premises operatorPivovar Tap, which has undertaken athorough restoration of the interior. Thishas seen the glazed wall tile finishesrefurbished and the panelled hardwoodbar restored to a very high standard,thus creating a traditionally styled barwhich is now renowned for the largevariety of both bottled and cask beersserved there. The new lighting

installation and the use of large mirrorshave raised the quality of the interiorand the refurbished wall tiles and thefrosted glass panels in the externalwindows are fine features. The Trust ispleased to have been able to provide asignificant grant to enable thistransformation of a rather neglected endof Sheffield Station.

Sponsor & Designer: Pivovar Tap Ltd, YorkCeilings: Hodkin & Jones, Dronfield, SheffieldJoinery: Andy Thornton, Elland, West Yorkshire

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Left: Interior of the refurbished barBelow: Entrance doors detail

Left: An overview of the restored areaBelow left: A contrasting view of the site beforeclearance began

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CHESTER STATIONThis Italianate masterpiece designed byFrancis Thompson at Chester for theChester & Holyhead Railway continuesto receive attention and support fromthe Trust. The building was opened in1848 and is renowned for its extensivefrontage designed in a Venetian stylewith red bricks and stone dressings,some of which are intricately carved.Having reported last year on workswithin the concourse area and somestone repairs to the external portion ofthe central range, and having previouslysupported works to the west wing of thefrontage, attention was turned this yearto the refurbishment of the upper floorsof the east wing.

The project, supported by the Trust,included a complete refurbishment ofthe first floor for use as office accom-modation and incorporated new toiletfacilities. The main room within thewing is a high space centred on thepavilion with its twin tower. It is top litwith natural daylight entering througha large pitched rooflight and has anupper level gallery on three sides whichis supported on cast iron brackets andfronted by a simple and stylishbalustrade. This space has beencompletely redecorated, with newmodern lighting installed and therooflight reglazed.

Adjacent to this room a fine large,modern office space has been createdwith windows fronting the forecourtreturned to their original cill heights,complete with new stone cills andrefurbished interior under panels.Beyond this area, the final space hasseen major changes made to the endwall of the building where a pair ofwindows has been reinstated with semi-circular stone arched surrounds andglazing to the original pattern. Theaccess lobby and staircase well from theforecourt, complete with rooflight, havealso been carefully and sensitivelyrefurbished.

The Trust looks forward to continuingto support the works at Chester,

particularly Cheshire West & ChesterCouncil’s Townscape Heritage Initiativewhich includes work currently in progressto refurbish and improve the west andeast pavilions on the island platforms.

Sponsor: Network Rail Commercial Property,Manchester

Designer & Contractor: Osborne Rail, Redhill,Surrey

STOKE-ON-TRENT STATION

Stoke-on-Trent Station last appeared inthe Annual Report of 2007/08, whenworks to reorder the buildings onPlatform 1 were featured. Within thestation area one of the most neglectedsections had been the former goods yardto the west of the main train shed. Thisarea, set between the railway and thecanal, has now been transformed by thetrain operator into a large car park and,as a result, has become an importantgateway into the station. This year theTrust has given a small grant for theintroduction of three replacement doorsinto the train shed at the southern end,thus linking the down platform to thecar park area.

The doors are glazed and fielded in thesame style as those elsewhere along theplatform and are decorated in the samedark red which has been used at Stoke-

on-Trent Station as part of a consistent,heritage colour scheme. The Trustcontinues to take an interest in works atStoke-on-Trent, particularly with regardto the refurbishment of the formerdownside booking hall building, which

will eventually form the main entrancefrom the car park area.


Architects: Potts Parry Ives + Young, YorkEngineer: White Young Green, YorkContractor: Buckingham Group Contracting Ltd,

Stowe, Buckinghamshire

Right: Interior of the officesBelow: Newly installed window in end wall

Above: Car park access doors from within trainshed

WORCESTER FOREGATESTREET STATION

The station at Worcester Foregate Streetwas opened by the Hereford & WorcesterRailway on 17th May 1860. By July ofthat year the company had become partof the West Midland Railway, whichitself was amalgamated into the GreatWestern Railway in 1863.

Serving the central area of Worcesterand located within a Conservation Area,Foregate Street Station commands anelevated position on a viaduct, with theplatform buildings being constructed inred engineering bricks with blue brickdetailing and the platform frontagescarrying pitched canopies. The northernrange of buildings contained the formergentlemen’s toilets which had long sincebeen taken out of use and become

derelict. Local art group Movement has,however, now taken on this space tocreate a studio gallery, which althoughsomewhat diminutive in area is well-served by a large rooflight, giving anideal space for art exhibitions.

The space has been cleared, relinedand redecorated, with new electrics andlighting installed – work which has beensupported by the Trust. The rooflight hasbeen reglazed to the correct form,including the provision of safe access tothe roof. The windows have also beenreglazed, but have retained the originalslots for the louvres to express the formeruse of the space, which saw the firstexhibition mounted during the summerof 2010.

Sponsor: Movement Ltd, Malvern, WorcestershireArchitect: Joe Holyoak, BirminghamContractor: Turmin Ltd, Hanley, Staffordshire

HALIFAX STATION

The first station in Halifax was opened in1844 at Shaw Syke. The current stationbuilding, located to the east of theoriginal, was designed by ThomasButterworth for the Lancashire &Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) and opened in1855. A grand structure, highlydecorated in ashlar stone with classicaldetailing, it was redeveloped by WilliamHunt in two stages between 1885 and1886, the latter works resulting in thestation being served by two islandplatforms with the 1855 building set ona central island. The eastern islandplatform accommodated Great NorthernRailway trains to Bradford and Keighley,whilst the western island platformaccommodated L&YR trains to Bradford,Leeds and Manchester.

Rationalisation saw the eastern island

platform alone retained for services,with the western island platformremoved and the 1855 buildingbecoming a frontage structure onceagain. The current operational islandplatform is linked to the frontagebuilding by a short footbridge and theplatform accommodation is housed intimber pavilions with an overall canopycarried on decorative cast iron columnsset in pairs. In 2000 the 1855 buildingunderwent refurbishment works,supported by the Trust, to convert it intoEureka! The National Children’sMuseum.

This year the Trust has supported theNational Stations ImprovementProgramme works to refurbish theplatform structures including reglazingthe canopies, and a full redecoration ofthe canopy structure and the interior ofthe footbridge. As part of this muchneeded revival, the cream and whitecolour scheme has lifted the platformenvironment and contains a subtletouch; the rose details on the columncapitals on the Lancashire boundplatform are picked out in red whilstthose on the side serving Yorkshirestations are picked out in white.

Sponsor: Network Rail London North Eastern,York

Engineer: Pell Frischmann, Wakefield, WestYorkshire

Contractor: May Gurney Ltd, York

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Left: Interior of footbridgeBelow: Platform canopy details

Above: Theinterior nearingcompletionInset: Detail ofthe rooflight andlighting

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TORQUAY STATION

The route from Newton Abbot toTorquay was built in 1848 by the SouthDevon Railway (SDR) under thedirection of I K Brunel, but initiallyterminated at Torre Station on NewtonRoad on the outskirts of Torquay. Theline was eventually extended toPaignton in 1859 when the station atTorquay was opened. In 1876 the SDRwas taken over by the Great WesternRailway and in 1878 the present stationbuildings were constructed to the

DARLINGTON STATION

Darlington Station was originallyopened in 1841 by the Great North ofEngland Railway, later amalgamatedinto the North Eastern Railway (NER).It was distinguished from North RoadStation by being renamed DarlingtonBank Top around 1870, reverting toDarlington in British Rail days. Thecurrent station, listed Grade II, wasopened in 1887, to a design by the NERarchitect William Bell.

The station is laid out on a slightlycurved plan under three arched spans,with the central span housing the mainbuildings. The flank walls of red brickare quite monumental in scale and thewest end of the station, facing the town,is furnished with a porte-cochèrefeaturing ornate Dutch gables and a tallclock tower. The ends of the spans areclad with glazed timber screens which,

Sponsor: East Coast, YorkArchitect: Potts Parry Ives + Young, YorkContractor: Serco Project Services, Warrington,

CheshireSub-Contractor (Railings): Smith & Co (South

Shields) Ltd, Acklington, Northumberland

by 2003, were in a poor state of repairand were refurbished in that year withsupport from the Trust.

This year the Trust has supported theintroduction of extra decorative railingson the platform to the north end of thecentral span, designed to match theoriginal iron railings flanking theapproach road. The area createdprovides an enclosure for cycle parking.Whilst the layout of the railings is quiteextensive, the platform area has beenvastly improved by their introduction.

refurbishment to provide commercialoffice space. The work, supported by theTrust, has seen the rooms fullyrefurbished with new floors andfireplaces, wainscot detailing repairedand restored, and new services installed.The cantilevered canopy has also beenfully refurbished with new glazing toreplace the previous corrugated ironsheeting removed some time ago. Theresult is a fine suite of offices and a vastimprovement to the appearance of thestation; through this work a formerlyneglected area now has the ability to‘earn its keep’.


Architect: Network Rail Building Design Group,London

Design & Build Contractor: Geoffrey Osborne Ltd,London

designs of J E Danks and W Lancaster-Owen.

The buildings are executed in greylimestone, snecked and rock faced withdressings which include quoins, cornicesand string courses, all in Bath stone. Theroof, constructed of Welsh slates, hasdistinctive truncated pavilion turretsfinished with ornate ironwork. Theplatforms are covered by expansivepitched canopies carried on decorativecolumns bearing the names of theengineers, Vernon & Ewens ofCheltenham. The western range ofbuildings, fronted by a long, cantileveredcanopy carried on cast iron bracketswith circular patterned spandrels,originally contained the station bookinghall, long since gone, and recentdeterioration had culminated in thefloors becoming very unsound and inneed of replacement.

This range has now been the subjectof both external and internal

Above: Detail of the railingsRight: The new cycle enclosure

Above: Refurbished interiorRight: The restored frontage and canopyInset: Rooflight detail

EDGE HILL STATION

The Liverpool & Manchester Railwayopened its new station at Edge Hill on15th August 1836. As one of theoriginal stations on the route, it is asignificant historic survivor and last yearwe reported on work, supported by theTrust, to regenerate the interior of thebuildings on the northern islandplatform for the Liverpool branch of thearts and culture organisation Metal.These buildings housed the originalfacilities for operation of the windinggear which drew trains by cable fromLiverpool, through the Olive Mounttunnels to Edge Hill, where locomotiveswaited to take the trains onwards.

The first area to be addressed was thefirst floor of the original 1836 building,designed by Joseph Franklin and ThomasHaig and constructed in pink OliveMount sandstone, detailed with deeplyincised rustication and radial lintels.This year the Trust’s grant has beenconcentrated on the development of theformer engine house and adjoiningboiler house, dating from 1849, and thelater brick accumulator tower.

The engine house is a high structure,again constructed in pink sandstonewith sandstone dressings, highlyvermiculated details to the entrancedoorway and a deep cornice. Last yearthe building was cleared and the firststages of a new steel staircase installed.This staircase, which has now beencompleted, is free standing and in amodern style, creating a dramaticcontrast to the original structure which,

in the main, has been left fair faced. Anexcellent circulation space andexhibition gallery has now been created,accentuated by the mezzanine levelgallery at high level which gives accessto Metal’s first floor offices.

The ground floor of the boiler roomhas been converted into a ‘welcoming’area with a kitchenette in a modernstyle, to serve functions, and disabledtoilet facilities. The first floor has beenconverted into studios to house artistsstarting out on their careers. The roofposed a particular problem for thearchitects as the construction includedcomposite iron and timber flitch beamsand care had to be taken to ensure thatreplacement work was true to theoriginal detail. The accumulator towerhas been cleared and will be convertedinto a projection gallery for videoinstallations and will also house a

passenger waiting area at platform level.This has been one of the moresignificant developments with which theTrust has been engaged this year andthe wide programme of events whichMetal has staged reflects the benefit ofthis form of regeneration for the widercommunity.

Another feature of Edge Hill Station isthe particularly unusual paving surfaceat the foot of the access rampsimmediately in front of the mainbuildings. Combined with York stonepaving, the surface is composed of teakblocks, segmental in form and laid in analternate pattern. These were believed tobe redundant timber segments ofMansell wagon wheels dating from thenineteenth century which had beendiscovered stored within the stationprecincts.

When the blocks were actually laidout is not clear, but they had begun todeteriorate and become slippery and, asa precautionary measure, at some pointhad been covered by building boardscovered in bituminous felt. The net resultof this action was that the deteriorationof the blocks was accelerated.Fortunately, as part of general on-goingimprovements to the access surfaces,Network Rail determined to take action.Rather than see such a featuredisappear, a decision was taken,supported by the Trust, to try andpreserve as much as possible of thesurface and recreate the missing areas.

The surface was again allied to Yorkstone paving strips and, by theapplication of some interestingtechnological solutions, the blocks weredressed to remove decayed timber andthen combined in a mould with a moredurable resin to recreate blocks in theform of the original, but with greaterresistance to deterioration. With thevariations in the mould and carefullaying in alternate form, a verysatisfactory result has been achieved,and is one of the more unusual projectswe are able to report on this year.

Engine HouseSponsor: Metal Culture Ltd, LiverpoolArchitect: shedkm ltd, LiverpoolContractor: Origen Building Contractors Ltd,

LiverpoolWheelblock PavingSponsor: Network Rail London North Western,

ManchesterContractors: Network Rail Property Works Team,

Stockport, Greater Manchester & D TAnderson Construction Ltd, Widnes, Cheshire

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Above: Interior of the mezzanine space in theengine houseBelow: Detail of the restored wheelblock paving

BRIGHTON: LIGHTINGSCHEMES

This year the Trust has supported twoproposals for the architectural lightingof structures in Brighton, as part of thecity’s ‘Glow Zone’ initiative.

Span 23 of London Road Viaduct,where it crosses Beaconsfield Road, hasbeen treated with a wash of light fromdiscreet sources, which gives aspectacular show of changing coloursduring the night hours. This viaduct,completed in 1846, was the work ofengineer J U Rastrick and carries thecoastal line to Lewes. It is constructed inred brick over a range of 26 semi-circular headed arches and is set on acurve. Its overall height is 67 feet (20

on cast iron beams and with heavyconsole brackets.

Last year we reported on theredecoration works to the TrafalgarStreet structure, in which fundingpartners Brighton & Hove City Council,Network Rail and Southern weresupported by the Trust. That reportreferred to proposals for architecturallighting which have now come tofruition. The Trust has supported theinstallation, which has enhanced the

metres) and its length is 390 yards (357metres). The rings of the arches are in acontrasting yellow brick with banded,moulded voussoirs. The balustradedparapet is set above a dentil course witha projecting cornice.

At Brighton Station itself, J U Rastrickwas also involved in alterations to theoriginal 1840 station, designed by DavidMocatta with the timber train sheddesigned by Rastrick. These changesincluded the introduction of a porte-cochère and the extension of theforecourt over Trafalgar Street, carried

night time quality of the underpass withwall washing lights which sequentiallyvary in colour, and which also includesbrighter, secure lighting for the archedfaçade beneath the station.

Sponsor: Brighton & Hove City Council, Hove, EastSussex

Lighting Consultant: DO-Architecture Ltd,Glasgow

Contractor: Colas Rail Ltd, Brighton, East Sussex

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NATIONAL RAILWAYHERITAGE AWARDS

The Railway Heritage TrustConservation Award for 2009 waswon jointly by the Arkwright Societyfor the restoration of the mainbuilding at Cromford Station and byMessrs Collis and Phelps for theirrestoration of the Waiting Room, alsoat Cromford Station. The works at thestation were described in the Trust’sReport for 2008/09.

Additionally, the following projectsto which the Trust gave grants werealso recipients of National RailwayHeritage Awards: Garsdale Station(Network Rail London NorthWestern), Hull Station Travel Extra(First TransPennine Express).

LLANDOVERY STATION

Llandovery has been served by therailway for over 150 years, linked by theVale of Towy Railway from the south in1858 and the Central Wales ExtensionRailway from the north in 1868. Whenthese routes were taken over by theGreat Western Railway and the London& North Western Railway respectivelythis unified location housed importantdepots serving both companies.However, by 1992 Llandovery hadbecome an unstaffed halt and theGrade II listed station building,constructed in dressed stone with hippedand slated roofs, was closed and wasbeginning to deteriorate.

In 2007 the Heart of Wales LineDevelopment Company was set up topursue the re-establishment of suitablepassenger facilities at the station. Thecompany approached the Trust forsupport in the production of a feasibilitystudy, to investigate options toregenerate space to provide waitingfacilities, a cafeteria and some viablecommercial use, possibly a cycle shop.The aim is to make the regeneration asecologically sustainable as possible, butwith a sympathetic approach topreserving the building’s history. TheTrust awaits the implementation of theproposals in the feasibility studywith interest.

Sponsor: Heart of Wales Line DevelopmentCompany Ltd, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire

Designer: Martin Watts Architectural Services,Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire

Top: London Road ViaductAbove: Sequential view of coloured lighting toviaductBelow: Trafalgar Street at night

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NETWORK RAIL

The Trust has supported 47 projects (2008/09: 47) with 48 grants, which totalled £1,821,594 (2008/09: £1,809,019). The grants funded repair

and restoration work carried out on the heritage aspects of buildings and structures in Network Rail’s ownership. A total of six grants were either

cancelled or deferred.

BRB (RESIDUARY) LTD

The Trust has supported three projects (2008/09: three) with three grants, which totalled £80,000 (2008/09: £75,000). The grants assisted BRB

(Residuary) Ltd in its management of non-operational buildings and structures remaining in its ownership. The structures include redundant

viaducts on closed lines.

The projects were:NETWORK BRB (R) EXTERNAL EXTERNAL

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ENGLAND

8 Barnham Signal Box: Relocation 25,000 24,500 (1)

13 Bath: Devonshire Tunnel: Digging out & restoring portals 40,000 97,160 (2)

14 Bermondsey: Spa Road Bridge: Refurbishment 138,000 206,000 (3)

12 Birmingham Moor Street Station: ‘Centenary Lounge’ 45,000 75,000 (4)

20 Brading Station: Refurbishment of former signal box 30,000 50,000 (5)

29 Brighton:

– London Road Viaduct: Lighting scheme 20,000 42,072 (6)

– Trafalgar Street: Lighting scheme 36,500 54,697 (7)

21 Buxton Station: Fanlight restoration 4,050 4,038 (8)

13 Carlisle Station: Platform 1-3 waiting room: Renovation & improvements 10,000 15,000 (9)

25 Chester Station:

– East wing offices: Repair & restoration works (£150,000) CANCELLED

– East wing offices: Restoration of windows (£15,000) CANCELLED

– East wing offices: Repair & restoration works 200,000 54,144 (10)

23 Conisbrough Viaduct: Waterproofing of deck 35,000 40,000 (11)

4 Cromer Signal Box: Refurbishment works 6,000 8,000 (12)

6 Cromford Station: Repair, restoration & conversion works 14,000 19,500 (13)

27 Darlington Station: Railings to cycle parking area 40,000 70,175 (14)

8 Dewsbury Station: Refurbishment works 75,000 195,000 (15)

4 Eastbourne Station: Refurbishment to form medical centre 104,000 310,000 (16)

28 Edge Hill Station:

– Upside building renovation & conversion 75,000 59,500 (17)

– Restoration of wheelblock paving 10,000 0

9 Etchingham Station:

– Refurbishment & regeneration of station facilities 25,000 16,818 (18)

– Fencing to garden & internal decoration 4,000 4,298 (19)

26 Halifax Station: Refurbishment of platform canopies 125,000 0

Huddersfield Station: Refurbishment works (£115,000) DEFERRED

10 Hull Station: Stonework repairs 878 0

16 Liverpool Lime Street Station: Public realm works 100,000 400,000 (20)

24 London: Pedley Street: Lighting protection 1,800 0

11 Middlesbrough Station: Refurbishment of buffet area 100,000 45,000 (21)

19 Newcastle: Westgate Road Arches: Restoration & refurbishment 70,000 0

15 Newton-le-Willows Station: Huskisson plaque & ticket window works 6,500 17,463 (22)

22 Salford: New Bailey Street Arches: Restoration & refurbishment 25,000 0

17 Sandown Station: Restoration & refurbishment 28,250 39,354 (23)

24 Sheffield Station: ‘Sheffield Tap’ 60,000 80,000 (24)

6 Skipton Station: Refurbishment of station toilet facilities 7,000 17,550 (25)

7 Spalding Station: Conversion of surplus accommodation 75,000 0

22 St Austell:

– Station: Fencing works (£42,300) CANCELLED

– Signal Box: Options appraisal 3,500 5,000 (26)

GRANTS AND EXTERNAL CONTRIBUTIONS: 2009/10


External contributions were from:(1) Barnham Signal Box: Southern, Various contractors & individual donations,

West Sussex County Council(2) Bath: Devonshire Tunnel: Sustrans Connect 2(3) Bermondsey: Spa Road Bridge: ‘Cleaner Greener Safer’ initiative & 106

grant(4) Birmingham Moor Street Station: Newsbreak Ltd(5) Brading Station: New Leader(6) Brighton: London Road Viaduct: Brighton & Hove City Council(7) Brighton: Trafalgar Street: Brighton & Hove City Council(8) Buxton Station: DB Schenker Rail (UK) Ltd(9) Carlisle Station: Virgin Trains

(10) Chester Station: Townscape Heritage Initiative(11) Conisbrough Viaduct: Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council(12) Cromer Signal Box: Cromer Town Council, Poppyland Partnership, Private

contributions/fund raising(13) Cromford Station: Arkwright Society Ltd(14) Darlington Station: East Coast(15) Dewsbury Station: Department for Transport NSIP, Kirklees Metropolitan

Borough Council, Metro(16) Eastbourne Station: South East Health Ltd(17) Edge Hill Station: Merseytravel, Metal Culture Ltd(18) Etchingham Station: Southeastern

(19) Etchingham Station: CIC Trustees, Etchingham Parish Council(20) Liverpool Lime Street Station: ERDF, Homes & Communities Agency,

Northwest Regional Development Agency(21) Middlesbrough Station: Department for Transport NSIP(22) Newton-le-Willows Station: Merseytravel(23) Sandown Station: Community Rail Partnership, South West Trains(24) Sheffield Station: Pivovar Tap Ltd, Thornbridge Brewery(25) Skipton Station: Northern Rail/NSIP(26) St Austell Signal Box: Restormel Borough Council(27) Whitstable Station: Choochoos Day Nursery, Kent County Council(28) Worcester Foregate Street Station: Movement Ltd(29) Wroxham Signal Box: Wroxham Signalbox Trust(30) Aberdour Station: Lis & John McTaggart(31) Arbroath Station: First ScotRail, The Royal Society of Edinburgh(32) Kilmarnock Station: Conservation Area Regeneration grant, East Ayrshire

Council(33) Ladybank Station: Fife Business Gateway, Kirsty Lorenz(34) Llandovery Station: Heart of Wales Line Development Company Ltd, Heart

of Wales Line Travellers Association, Llandovery Town Council, Privatedonations

(35) Llandrindod Wells Signal Box Museum: Llandrindod Wells Town Council

NETWORK BRB (R) EXTERNAL EXTERNALRAIL BUDGET CONTR’B’N CONTR’B’N

BUDGET GRANT NETWORK BRB (R)GRANT RAIL

Page £ £ £ £

25 Stoke-on-Trent Station: Restoration of three doors to down platform 5,250 0

Stroud: Former Goods Shed: Purchase of lease (£12,500) CANCELLED

27 Torquay Station: Refurbishment of upside accommodation 100,000 0

18 Urmston Station: Repointing of brickwork 1,300 0

23 Westenhanger Station: Refurbishment of station building 46,000 0

7 Whitby Station: Restoration works 23,000 0

20 Whitstable Station: Refurbishment to form day nursery 75,500 96,000 (27)

26 Worcester Foregate Street Station: Restoration & refurbishment works 26,000 19,250 (28)

10 Wroxham Signal Box: Repair & restoration works 24,500 30,000 (29)

17 York: ‘Brunel Era’ Drawings Conservation: Employment of conservator

(two grants) 10,000 5,000 0 0

SCOTLAND

14 Aberdour Station: Signal box feasibility study 6,400 9,345 (30)

6 Arbroath Station: Conversion of surplus accommodation 320 700 (31)

7 Glenfinnan Station: Water tank refurbishment 3,000 0

5 Kilmarnock Station: Floral clock restoration works 15,000 170,000 (32)

11 Ladybank Station: Refurbishment to form artist’s studio 7,250 4,750 (33)

18 Wemyss Bay Station: Refurbishment works 11,356 0

WALES

29 Llandovery Station: Feasibility study 1,000 10,930 (34)

10 Llandrindod Wells Signal Box Museum: Staircase restoration 1,240 1,860 (35)

Pantyffynnon Station: Refurbishment (£42,000) CANCELLED

1,821,594 80,000 2,155,944 137,160

COMBINED NETWORK RAIL AND BRB (RESIDUARY) LTD BUDGETS GRANT TOTAL 1,901,594

COMBINED NETWORK RAIL AND BRB (RESIDUARY) LTD EXTERNAL CONTRIBUTIONS TOTAL 2,293,104

FINANCIAL REPORT

The Trust’s financial activities in 2009/10 are summarised as follows:£

FUNDING ALLOCATED TO PROJECTS

By Network Rail 1,815,200By BRB (Residuary) Ltd 170,000

1,985,200

EXPENDED ON PROJECTS

48 Grants to Network Rail projects 1,821,5943 Grants to BRB (Residuary) Ltd projects 80,000

1,901,594

FUNDING FOR TRUST'S OPERATIONS

From Network Rail 184,800From BRB (Residuary) Ltd 10,000

Total Income 194,800

Total Expenditure – Administration 194,909

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S COMMENTARY

Jim Cornell started his commentary two years ago by stating that the rail industry cannever be described as boring or uneventful. It’s a comment that I totally agree with, andI must thank Jim for the excellent handover that he gave me when he retired, and thesupport that he has made available since then, which I hope has meant that thehandover has been boring and uneventful for those who work with the Trust.

The Chairman has described the wide range of activities in his introduction to thisReport, and some of the output in the last year can be described as stunning – thereopened Tap bar at Sheffield, the restored east wing offices at Chester, the new publicaccess to the station buildings and signal box at Brading, and the art studio at Ladybankare all examples, throughout the system, where I have seen outstanding work that theTrust has sponsored. This wide range of projects has enabled us to spend all the fundingthat Network Rail, our major sponsor, has given us – and, indeed, there is an on-goingdemand for grants that sometimes is hard to meet.

I am particularly pleased that we have been able to help bring a series of redundanthistoric buildings and structures back into use in the year. As well as the various NetworkRail projects, some of which I have mentioned above, and which are mainly focused onbuildings, we have continued to work with BRB (Residuary) Ltd, with more of a focus onstructures. As a result we were able to fund Sustrans’ delivery of the second and finalstage of upgrading Conisbrough Viaduct for a cycleway, and the delayed work toexcavate the buried portal of Devonshire Tunnel, near Bath, itself a prelude to creatinganother cycleway. Also with BRB (Residuary) Ltd, but on the buildings front, we continueto support the relocation of Whitebridge Crossing Cottage from its site near the mainline at Stone to the Churnet Valley Railway. This will ensure the survival of this listedbuilding, which is currently on the Register of ‘Buildings at Risk’.

We have taken steps to raise the profile of the Trust – our new web site is alreadyseeing regular use, and we are now issuing press releases to mark the completion of ourprojects.

Finally, on a personal note, can I thank Claire Pickton and Malcolm Wood for theirwelcome to me, and their support as I have settled down into my new role.

Andy Savage

Executive Director

London

July 2010

THE TRUST’S ACCOUNTS: 2009/10


The Trust is registered in England and Wales as company number 1876790.

This Annual Report and Accounts coversthe operations of the Railway HeritageTrust during the period 1st April 2009 to31st March 2010.

Established in 1985, the Trust is anindependent registered company limitedby guarantee, supported by Network Railand BRB (Residuary) Ltd, with the remitof:■ the conservation and enhancement of

buildings and structures owned bythese organisations that are listed orscheduled, or of special architecturalor historical interest; and

■ to act as a catalyst between outsideparties and these owners on theconservation and alternative use ofnon-operational property, includingthe possible transfer of responsibilityto local trusts or other interestedorganisations.

In 2009/10, the Trust awarded 51 grantstowards the costs of 50 restoration andother projects. Six grants were cancelledor deferred.

AUDITED ACCOUNTSThe Trust’s Accounts for 2009/10 wereaudited and approved by Price Firman,London.

The audited Accounts were consideredat the Trust’s Annual General Meetingheld in July 2010. The Accounts wereapproved and adopted by the ExecutiveBoard and signed. As required by law, thesigned Accounts were deposited withCompanies House, accompanying theTrust’s Annual Return. Copies of theAccounts will also be presented to theBoards of both our sponsors.

In their Report and Financial State-ments, 31st March 2010, the Auditorsstated: ‘In our opinion the financialstatements give a true and fair view ofthe state of the company’s affairs as at31st March 2010 and of its profit for theyear then ended; have been properlyprepared in accordance with UnitedKingdom Generally Accepted AccountingPractice; and have been prepared inaccordance with the requirements of theCompanies Act 2006.’ They furtherstated: ‘In our opinion the informationgiven in the Directors’ Report for thefinancial year for which the financialstatements are prepared is consistentwith the financial statements.’Price Firman, Chartered AccountantsRegistered AuditorLondonJuly 2010

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ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2009/10