Heritage Statement

For

Glazebrook Railway Station, Glazebrook Lane, Glazebrook, , WA3 5BA

NOVEMBER 2016

STANLEY HALL, EDMUND STREET, , L3 9NG E-MAIL: [email protected] 4006 Glazebrook Railway Station, Glazebrook Lane, Glazebrook, Cheshire, WA3 5BA

CONTENTS

1.0 INTRODUCTION

2.0 THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING AND ITS EVOLUTION

3.0 WHY CHANGES ARE NECESSARY

4.0 THE IMPACT OF THE PROPOSALS

5.0 CHANGES TO THE SHAPE OF ROOMS, SPACES, LAYOUT AND PLAN OF THE BUILDING

6.0 THE IMPACT OF ANY EXTENSION

7.0 HERITAGE STATEMENT – DESIGN IN ACCORDANCE PPS5 : PLANNING FOR THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT

8.0 BUILDING REGULATIONS

APPENDIX A LISTING ENTRY (WRITTEN DESCRIPTION) FOR ILKLEY STATION FOR REFERENCE (GRADE II)

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1.0 INTRODUCTION

The following heritage statement has been produced to accompany our application for Listed Building Consents with respects to the provision of new replacement ticket desk, counter and screen, serving the ticket office and ticket hall in the main station building on platform 1.

The application is submitted in full and is supported by the following drawings and documents: • 4006-SU80_GLAZEBROOK_Site Plan, Proposed Scope • 4006-SU81_GLAZEBROOK_Ticket Office_EXISTING • 4006-SU82_GLAZEBROOK_Site Location Plan • 4006-SK80_GLAZEBROOK_Ticket Office_PROPOSED • 4006 Glazebrook Railway Station Design Access Statement

The information contained herein and included within the listed building consent application dated 14 November 2016 are intended to provide detail of the scheme requirements and to explain what we are trying to achieve as part of the ticket counter, desk and screen proposals.

2.0 THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING AND ITS EVOLUTION

Rixton-with-Glazebrook village lies around 4 miles east of town centre and is bounded by to the east and to the north. The village lies in a civil parish in the unitary authority of Warrington, Cheshire, . Historically part of , it lies to the east of Warrington and borders , and is largely farmland. It has a railway station and is served by buses along the A57 road. The parish was originally a township within Warrington parish before becoming a separate parish in 1866. It was part of the Warrington Poor Law Union and, from 1894, Warrington Rural District, and the District of Warrington from 1974. Glazebrook has a small housing estate, a post office and Glazebrook railway station. The station, on the Liverpool to southern route, marks the westernmost boundary of the Transport for area.

Glazebrook station was formerly located between two junctions, Glazebrook West for the Wigan Junction Railways to Wigan Central and St Helens Central, services to those stations ceasing in 1964 and 1952 respectively; and Glazebrook East Junction for the line to Tiviot Dale via Skelton Junction, passenger services to there ceased in 1964. West of Glazebrook there is the only passing loop east of Warrington, though this is rarely used.

The station building, opened on 2 September 1873, is of typical Cheshire Lines Committee design. The ticket office is open weekday mornings only. Although this station is not within the Greater Manchester area, it does mark the western boundary of the range of rail tickets produced by Transport for Greater Manchester.

Glazebrook Station is located about one third of the way between Manchester and Liverpool. It opened on the 1 st September 1873, for both passengers and goods. It closed for goods on the 3/8/1964. It remains open today for passengers, although services are limited, most being through trains. The station is much the same today as when it opened in 1873. It is almost identical to and many other CLC stations. It is still is a in a good state of repair, partially open as a station office, the remainder is a private residence. The signature CLC drinking fountain is still in place. The small original and quaint shelter is also still on the Manchester platform, although not used as such any more.

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In its heyday, Glazebrook was a busy place, interchanging passengers from the Wigan branch line and the Stockport services. For a small village and station, it offered a surprisingly large number of facilities; in 1877 it handled passengers, parcels, carriages, goods, livestock and furniture vans, portable engines, machines on wheels and eventually passenger cars. The station was classified as having a five-ton crane for goods unloading. By 1938, the list had grown to include horse-boxes and cattle vans; a very similar capability of the much larger station at Irlam. In order to service all this, Glazebrook had sidings of its own. Around ten sets of points and crossovers directed traffic to both the sidings and facilitated swapping traffic between the two main lines. The station had its own forty- five foot turntable for locos, and a water tower. There is no doubt that Glazebrook played a big part in helping manage traffic and shunting for the busy, but single-direction east junction and sidings. The turntable was just to the west of the Manchester platform and would have been very close to Dam Head Lane where it bends to go up the hill. All this complexity of track required its own signal box. This was located on the junction of Bank Street and Dam Head Lane.

Glazebrook West signal box The signature CLC drinking fountain

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3.0 WHY CHANGES ARE NECESSARY

The current ticket counter, desk and screens are outdated and inadequate. A new ticket counter, desk and screen unit is required for the platform 1 Ticket Office / Hall.

Station stakeholders Arriva Rail North (Northern) and owner Network Rail have requested works to improve the image of the Ticket facilities and to improve accessibility for wheelchair users, with the new ticket counter having an accessible counter at low level. The works also intend to improve facilities for the station staff, with a new ticket desk with upgraded, modern cash till, drawer and storage facilities.

4.0 THE IMPACT OF THE PROPOSALS

The layout and scale of the development is indicated within the proposals presented as part of the Listed Buildings Consent application.

The ticket desk, counter and screen proposed for installation have been selected to reflect as closely as possible the existing materials and look of the existing facilities, ensuring that the character of the building is minimally effected and therefor maintained.

There will be no need to alter or remove any of the key features of the station buildings and there will be no major loss or changes to any historic fabric such as walls, windows, doors, timber framing etc that would affect the structure and form of the building.

The solution for the ticket office / hall is sympathetic to what a passenger using the railway station would expect to see on a building this nature.

With regard to the location, all works are within the ticket hall / office, therefor all changes will be internal and not noticeable from the outside.

5.0 CHANGES TO THE SHAPE OF ROOMS, SPACES, LAYOUT AND PLAN OF THE BUILDING

The existing shape, space, layout and plan of the station are not affected by the works presented with our proposals.

The design of the ticket counter, desk and screen will be very close to the existing scenario, but with a brand new finish to complement the station environment.

6.0 THE IMPACT OF ANY EXTENSION

The works identified within our application for listed buildings consent do not propose any extension or material alteration to the existing station building plan.

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7.0 HERITAGE STATEMENT – DESIGN IN ACCORDANCE WITH PPS5 : PLANNING FOR THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT

The proposed development site is of historic and architectural significance and a heritage asset, and as such its features are protected and guided by its designation as a Grade II listed building. Therefore, in developing and considering the design proposal, the heritage impact has been assessed according to the guidance set out in PPS 5 : Planning for the Historic Environment.

PPS 5 describes how the proposal should not affect the historic and architectural merit of the listed structure. Taking the broad criteria of relevant policies HE1, 3, 7, 9 and 10 into consideration, the main points to be considered are the following :

● the significance of the building, its intrinsic architectural and historic interest and rarity, both in national and local terms, and the value it holds for future generations; ● the particular physical features of the building which justify its inclusion in the list; ● the building’s setting and its contribution to the local scene; ● the extent to which the proposed works would bring substantial benefits to the community, in particular by contributing to the sustainable development of the area, impact on climate change or the enhancement of its environment.

The proposal is for the installation of new ticket counter, desk and screen on platform 1 (see descriptions within this document and also the application drawings). We feel that the architectural and historic values of the existing building are retained.

There will be no effect on the building’s setting and its impact on the local scene, due to the works being internal. Due to the nature of the development, we feel that there will be no loss of visual interest. The existing built structure will remain virtually unaffected (with minimal fixings) and the exterior of the building will be completely untouched. The proposed development will bring the station into the 21 st century to accommodate facilities needed.

The proposal is a creative redevelopment of a brown-field site, intended to generate economic prosperity and ensure the long term conservation of heritage assets, as recommended in policy HE3 (35).

PPS1 says that applicants should consider the benefits of pre-application discussions. Consultation has been carried out between representatives of Arriva Rail North (Northern), Network Rail, Vextrix Management and Owen Ellis Architects, to clarify and define to the scope of works for improving Ilkley Station. The proposals have been reviewed and a set of design solutions developed to assist identification of cost options which will suit the budget available.

Policy HE11 (125) describes how enabling development is the means of securing the long term future of a heritage asset when conservation through development in compliance with policy cannot do so. This applies to this project in particular. Furthermore, in recognising the benefits to improved facilities for passengers at the station the objectives in policies HE1 and HE3.1 are met, in that improvements to the station will further encourage the use of rail for transport purposes, reducing dependence on the private car and contributing the climate change objectives.

8.0 BUILDING REGULATIONS

The installation of a ticket desk, counter and screen to the ticket office and hall will be Part M compliant and also comply with The Equality Act 2010 with regard to accessibility for disabled users.

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On completion the works will be compliant with Arriva Rail North (Northern) Standards for ticket counter installations at Stations. Works will also be subject to the provision of Landlords Consents prior to progression of the Installation.

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Listing entry (written description) at 04/12/09, for Glazebrook Station, indicating Grade II status, for reference :

GLAZEBROOK STATION, INCLUDING STATION HOUSE AND NORTH PLATFORM BUILDING

List Entry Summary This building is listed under th e Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest. Name: GLAZEBROOK STATION, INCLUDING STATION HOUSE AND NORTH PLATFORM BUILDING List entry Number: 1393556 Location GLAZEBROOK STATION, INCLUDING STATION HOUSE AND NORTH PLATFORM BUILDING, GLAZEBROOK LANE The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority. County: District: Warrington District Type: Unitary Authority Parish: Rixton-with-Glazebrook National Park: Not applicable to this List entry. Grade: II Date first listed: 04-Dec-2009 Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry. Legacy System Information The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System: LBS UID: 504552 Asset Groupings This list entry does not comprise part of an Asset Grouping. Asset Groupings are not part of the official record but are added later for information. List entry Description Summary of Building Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details. Reasons for Designation Glazebrook Station is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

* It is a good example of a mid-late C19 rural intermediate railway station * It has an elegant design with a high level of architectural embellishment that is above the purely functional, particularly for its rural location * It is well preserved both externally and internally, and although it has incurred some minor alteration and extension, these changes do not detract from the special interest of the building * It retains numerous original and early interior features to both the main station building and the north platform's enclosed shelter, including moulded cornicing, partly glazed screens, panelled dados, bench seating, and floorboard and tiled floors * It has group value with the nearby Grade II listed railway stations at Sankey, , and Hough Green, which are similarly designed and were built by the same railway company, also in 1872

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History Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details. Details RIXTON WITH GLAZEBROOK

23/0/10016 GLAZEBROOK LANE 04-DEC-09 (Off) GLAZEBROOK STATION, INCLUDING STATION HOUSE AND NORTH PLATFORM BUILDING

II Railway station, 1872, on Liverpool to Manchester line of Cheshire Lines Committee

MATERIALS: Brick, English garden wall bond, sandstone dressings, Welsh slate roof incorporating fishscale bands

PLAN: Eight-bay linear plan, single-storey with cross-gable towards north-east end and wider two- storey cross-gable former station master's house to south-west end. Large early C20 extension to centre rear with small mid C20 extension attached to north-east side.

EXTERIOR: Eclectic Old English style with Gothic influences, single storey with two-storey cross-gable station master's house. Brick set upon a sandstone plinth, ridge stacks (two truncated) with tapered off-sets, deep eaves. Windows (mainly paired) and doors with Gothic-style shallow segmental pointed heads and splayed reveals, angled sills. All paired windows set within shared surrounds with shaped timber mullions in style of buttresses and upper lights with pointed arched heads.

Platform (north-west) elevation: Doorway to bay one with four-panel door incorporating raking board infill to panels, segmental pointed heads to upper panels. Single-storey cross-gable to bay two (probably original booking office) projects above roofline slightly with two tall windows containing paired lights (blocked-up to lower part, original sills retained), curved three-sided opening set within gable with timber infill incorporating pierced trefoil decoration. Wider two-storey cross-gable former station master's house to bay six with two paired windows to both floors (taller to ground floor), short projecting stone stringcourse below first floor sills with carved foliage bosses. Both gables have deep eaves with decorative carved fretwork bargeboards of different design supported on timber brackets (brackets missing to right side of gable to station master's house) and carved stone angle corbels. Wide three-bay canopy underneath main roof between cross-gable bays, supported on octagonal cast- iron columns with stiff-leaf capitals and tapered square bases displaying trefoil motifs. Original four- panel doors set behind canopy to each bay with raked boarding infill and large overlights (boarded up), glazed upper panels (boarded over) to two doors to right, each door with flanking slender sash windows (boarded over), window to far right incorporates round clock by G. Eccles & Son of Liverpool, replaced door to left inside return of canopied area, paired window to right inside return in same style as front elevation (forming part of station master's house). Lower two-bay flat-roofed section to right of former station master's house with mounted drinking basin in plastered stone with elaborate back displaying shell, lily and bullrush relief imagery and the date '1872'. Doorway with segmental pointed head to right return wall.

North-east side elevation: Gable end with shaped bargeboards incorporating pierced eyelet decoration, partly bricked up paired windows in same style as those to platform elevation, original sill, projecting stone stringcourse below sill continues around to rear elevation.

Rear (south-east) elevation: Single storey flat-roofed section to far left of elevation with off-centre door. Adjacent former station master's house with doorway to ground floor left with small mid-late C20 lean-to glazed porch, paired window to right, further paired window above to centre of gable with short projecting stringcourse below sill with carved foliage bosses, small altered window to first floor left, original decorative bargeboards replaced with plain versions. Two-bay early-C20 gabled single- storey extension to centre of elevation in Flemish stretcher bond with paired two-over-two sash windows (boarded over) to three sides with segmental arched heads, roof skylight, ridge stack to

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south-east gable end, short metal-clad vent rising through roof to north-east side. Small mid-C20 flat- roofed extension to right of extension with eight-light metal windows (not of special interest). Rear of single-storey cross-gable booking office to right of elevation with paired window to ground floor, further paired window to far right (both blocked up to lower part, original sills retained) forming left return of north-east gable end, shaped bargeboards to cross-gable in same style as north-east gable end.

INTERIOR: Three rooms originally to centre of building behind platform canopy; waiting room to north-east end with inserted suspended ceiling (moulded cornicing believed to possibly survive underneath), painted panelled dado and bench seating to south-west wall next to chimneybreast, later inserted hatch to north-east wall into cross-gable booking office. Two rooms to south-west now opened-up into one large room with moulded cornicing, two chimneybreasts, panelled dado to north- east half, floorboard floor, original and early partly glazed panelled screens forming office cubicles, early-C20 skylight. Original paired sash window to rear right in original external (now internal) wall, window to left replaced with a partly glazed screen and doorway leading into large early-C20 rear extension. Open-plan storage space to rear extension with two king post roof trusses, chimneybreast (fireplace/stove removed) to rear south-east wall, fragmentary survival of parquet flooring. Small partly glazed panelled cubicle to north-east corner, adjacent 4-panel door leads into small area with blocked-up opening to south-west wall (possibly originally a fireplace), north-east wall knocked through to incorporate small mid-C20 extension, original external wall and stone plinth of station building to north-west side. Interior of booking office and former station master's house not inspected.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Enclosed passenger shelter to north platform in similar style to main station building. Three-bay front elevation facing platform with central wide multipaned glazed screen (lower part of screen underneath glazing originally panelled, now replaced in brick) and door, flanking slender one-over-one sash windows with Gothic arched heads. Gable ends to each side with shaped bargeboards incorporating small pierced eyelet detailing and taller windows in same style. Wall stack to centre rear.

Interior: Diapered tiled floor with diamond pattern, painted panelled dado, bench seating to three sides at south-west end, suspended ceiling, hearth (fireplace removed), panelled screen to north-east end with open hatch and door leading into small office/ticket room.

HISTORY: The Cheshire Lines group was formed in 1862 by a joint committee of the Great Northern Railway and the Manchester, and Railway (MS&LR) to regulate traffic on four proposed lines in Cheshire, and was led by Sir of the MS&LR. The committee was granted powers to build a line from Manchester to Liverpool, which opened in 1873 and passed through Warrington and Glazebrook with a temporary station in Manchester. In 1865 the (MR) became a joint partner with the Cheshire Lines group and the Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) was formed (also known as the Cheshire Lines Railway). The CLC originally had its headquarters at Liverpool Central Station (now demolished) and later at Manchester Central Station (now a conference centre).

Glazebrook Station was constructed in 1872, along with three other stations on the Manchester to Liverpool line at Sankey, Widnes and Hough Green (all listed at Grade II). All four stations were constructed to a similar design with only minor decorative variation. Glazebrook Station was later extended to the rear between 1911 and 1929.

SOURCES: Pollard R & Pevsner N. The Buildings of England Series: Lancashire: Liverpool & the South- West (2006) 54, 175 & 656. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. The London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) Encyclopaedia (2009) 'The Cheshire Lines Committee'. Available on http: http://www.lner.info/co/CLC/ (accessed Jan 2009)

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REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: Glazebrook Station is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

* It is a good example of a mid-Victorian C19 rural intermediate railway station * It has an elegant design with a high level of architectural embellishment that is above the purely functional, particularly for its rural location * It is well preserved both externally and internally, and although it has incurred some minor alteration and extension, these changes do not detract from the special interest of the building * It retains numerous original and early interior features to both the main station building and the north platform's enclosed shelter, including moulded cornicing, partly glazed screens, panelled dados, bench seating, and floorboard and tiled floors * It has group value with the nearby Grade II listed railway stations at Sankey, Widnes, and Hough Green, which are similarly designed and were built by the same railway company, also in 1872. Selected Sources Books and journals The London and North Eastern Railway Encyclopaedia; The Cheshire Lines Committee, (2009) Pevsner, N, Pollard, R, The Buildings of England: Lancashire, Liverpool and the South-West, (2006) National Grid Reference: SJ 69541 92499, SJ 69547 92474

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