Stamford Station blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Stamford Station. Opened as part of the Syston & Peterborough Railway by the Midland Railway in 1848. Designed in a Tudor-inspired style by noted railway architect Sancton Wood (1816-1886), who two years earlier had designed Dublin's Heuston, formerly Kingsbridge, Station. The weathervane on the turret still bears the initials of the Syston & Peterborough Railway. The station is Listed Grade II.

Stamford Station, opened in 1848 as part of the Syston & Peterborough Railway by the Midland Railway, is significant for its Tudor-inspired architectural design by Sancton Wood and remains a listed building that retains the original railway's initials on its weathervane.