Monument record 2529/1/1 - Poynton Railway Station

<1> Cheshire East Council, 2010, Cheshire East LDF Local List of Historic Buildings (Report). SCH5404.

Poynton Railway Station is a Victorian red brick building comprising stone pilasters with detailing, timber windows, and a slate roof. Locally Listed.

<2> Shercliff W H, Kitching D A & Ryan J M, 1983, Poynton, A Coalmining Village, p.49 (Monograph). SCH2683.

The Poynton Branch of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company was constructed between 1844 and 1845. A station on a more favourable level site and closer to the village was proposed in 1884 and built between 1886 and 1887 replacing the earlier station at Midway (see CHER 2529/1/15). The bricks used in it's construction came from the adjacent Poynton brickworks. It was opened on the first of August 1887.

<3> Holt, G.O., 1978, A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume 10, the North West, p.123 (Book). SCH107.

Opened on the 1st August 1887

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ9182, 1897 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

This map depicts platforms on both the up and down lines. The station house is on the up line (eastern side) and appears to have a canopy over part of the platform. A further station canopied building is located on the platform on the down line (western side). A footbridge connects both platforms. A single siding is located on the western side and is associated with a crane and what is labelled as a wharf.