Henry Arthur Hunt blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Stone Railway Station. This station was opened on 1st May 1849 by the North Staffordshire Railway Company, in its own distinctive architectural style, to the design of Sir Henry Arthur Hunt. It is Listed Grade II and stands in the Stone Conservation Area. The building was refurbished, for community use, by Stone Town Council in 2003 with contributions from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Railway Heritage Trust and the Onyx Environmental Trust

Sir Henry Arthur Hunt CB was a prominent British civil engineer and architect known for his railway station designs; he designed the distinctive Stone Railway Station, contributing significantly to railway architecture in the 19th century.