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Detached five-bay two-storey former railway terminus, dated 1850, double-pile train shed adjoining rear (north) elevation. Central projecting block with pedimented breakfronts, and projecting breakfronts to each bay to front (south) and side elevations. Now in use as bus depot. M-profile hipped slate roof, granite chimneystacks having clay chimneypots, hidden behind stepped parapet. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Carved granite cornice and frieze over coursed ashlar granite walls, carved granite cornice over ground floor. Granite plinth course. Pediment over projecting breakfront to front, anthemion motif over frieze having carved wreaths. Inscribed date panel to breakfront. Square-headed window openings to first floor, carved shouldered architrave surrounds, continuous carved granite sill course. Square-headed window openings to ground floor, set within tapered shouldered architrave surrounds, carved pediments over, carved granite sill over panelled apron. Two-over-two pane timber sash windows throughout. Square-headed tapered door opening to front, carved architrave surround and stepped reveal, double-leaf timber panelled doors, opening onto granite platform having nosed granite steps, flanked by granite blocks surmounted by cast-iron lamp standards. Square-headed door opening to west elevation with stepped reveal, double-leaf timber panelled door and overlight, opening onto render ramp. Stepped pilasters, square-headed openings to walls projecting to rear of station building, M-profile train shed to rear, Ionic colonnaded screen to east elevation of train shed. Plastered walls to interior. Triple-height entrance hall, coffered top-lit ceiling having ribbed glazed dome. Doric columns and pilasters supporting first floor gallery, foliate cast-iron balustrade to first floor. Tuscan pilasters to walls to upper levels. Square-profile carved timber porch to interior of main entrance, glazed double-leaf doors, anthemion motifs over. Pedimented doorcases having anthemion motifs. Staircase on cast-iron columns with cast-iron foliate balustrade, nosed granite steps having cast-iron panels to room to rear of entrance. Pedimented doorcases to first floor, carved consoles.
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