MONKWEARMOUTH MUSEUM OF LAND TRANSPORT WITH WALLS, FOOTBRIDGE, WAITING ROOM - List Entry

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    "Formerly known as: Monkwearmouth Station NORTH BRIDGE STREET. Railway station, now museum. Main building and screen walls 1848 as branch terminus of the Brandling Junction Railway for the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Co. Footbridge added when line extended in 1879. Rear screen wall supported original train-shed roof, now removed. Passenger waiting room on W platform added 1879. Station closed 1981. Sandstone ashlar station building with Welsh slate roof, cast-iron footbridge with stone side steps and wrought-iron side handrails, wood and glass passenger waiting room. Classical style....."
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    Historic England
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    Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1209029
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 7 years, 5 months ago
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