Record Details
| NHER Number: | 46395 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | 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.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 86785 83662 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL88SE |
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| Parish: | THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
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
Monument Types
- GOODS SHED (19th Century to 21st Century - 1845 AD? to 2006 AD)
- RAILWAY STATION (19th Century to 21st Century - 1845 AD to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Illustration: Various. Various. Architectural plans. |
| --- | Designation: Listed Building Consent. |
| --- | Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, W. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 712. |
| --- | Photograph: 1996. Photograph of Thetford Railway Station, Station Road, Thetford. Colour. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1990. Blaze destroys historic rail station roof. 24 July. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1992. It's true, BR in generous mood. 17 July. |
| <S1> | Designation: English Heritage. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1219218. |
| <S2> | 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> | Unpublished Document: 2008. Design and Access Statement. Thetford Railway Station: Alterations to Toilets and Waiting Rooms. |
Related records
| 44672 | Parent of: Post medieval ditch and drain, Thetford Station, Canterbury Way (Monument) |
| 13571 | Part of: Norfolk Railway (Yarmouth, Norwich and Brandon) (Monument) |
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