Monument record 2267/1/54 - Northwich Station

The Cheshire Line Committee's Manchester - Chester Railway from Knutsford reached Northwich in 1863 and was extended to Chester and Helsby in 1869. The LNWR from Sandbach, which joins the CLC's Railway west of the Station, was opened in 1868.(1)

The Station serving both lines consists of two buildings: the larger of the two north of the CLC platform; and the smaller on a platform between the CLC railway and Sandbach line. Between 1872 (2) and 1910 (3) the station is enlarged and the platforms joined by an iron footbridge on cast iron pillars. (1)

The station is constructed of yellow brick, Gothic windows, and a glass and iron canopy over the platform is set on cast iron pillars with decorated capitals and brackets.(1) Old style semaphone signals between the footbridge and road bridge, an engine house to the SE of the station, and a goods station with 16 bay single storey brick-built shed to the NW are all present within the immediate vicinity. (1)

<1> Ashmore, O, 1982, The Industrial Archaeology of North West England, /50-52 (Book). SCH3181.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1893-96, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Lancashire, 1872 Sheet 34.6 (Maps and Plans). SCH3847.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:2500, Sheet 34.6 1910 (Maps and Plans). SCH2429.