NHER 46395 (Building record) - Thetford Railway Station, Station Road

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Summary

Thetford railway station was built in 1845 and extended to the east in 1889. The main building is made from cut flint with gault brick dressings under a slate roof and the extension is made of red brick with concrete tiles. The main building is one storey with attics and a gabled roof behind a parapet. The south front has a projecting loading bay and the rear has double doors opposing a loading bay. A canopy platform of 1889 links to the eastern one storey extension which has moulded brick decoration and a parapet below a segmental pediment.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II) 1219218: THETFORD RAILWAY STATION

Location

Map sheet	TL88SE
Civil Parish	THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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March 1971. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"Railway station. 1845, extended to east 1889. Cut flint with gault brick dressings under slate roof, extension of red brick with concrete tiles. Original part of one storey plus an attic storey in each of the elongated shaped gables, of which there is one to each cardinal point."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
Amended E. McDonald (HES), 8 November 2019.

December 2006. Building Survey.
Level 1 photographic survey.
Recorded the remains of two railway structures, both thought to be associated with Thetford Station. The first structure was probably a red brick goods shed dating from the mid-19th century. The second is an unknown structure for access up to the higher ground on which the extant goods shed is located.
See report (S2) for further details.
A. Cattermole (NLA), 28 August 2008.

July 2008.
Proposed alterations to toilets and waiting rooms to created disabled toilet.
See (S3) for further details
H White (NLA) 16 November 2008

Associated Sources (10)

--- SNF54394 Designation: Listed Building Consent.
--- SNF49212 Drawing: Various. Various. Architectural plans.
--- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 712.
--- SNF97591 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1990. Blaze destroys historic rail station roof. 24 July.
--- SNF97592 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1992. It's true, BR in generous mood. 17 July.
--- SNF84696 Photograph: 1996. Photograph of Thetford Railway Station, Station Road, Thetford. Colour.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1219218.
<S2> SNF67375 Unpublished Contractor Report: Muldowney, M. 2006. A Post-medieval Ditch and Possible Railway Structures at Canterbury Way, Thetford, Norfolk. An Evaluation and Photographic Survey. Cambridgeshire County Council Archaeological Field Unit. 910.
<S3> SNF71270 Unpublished Document: 2008. Design and Access Statement. Thetford Railway Station: Alterations to Toilets and Waiting Rooms.

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Record last edited

May 30 2023 4:06PM