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GWR Route: Hatton to Bearley and Alcester Branch
Bearley Station: gwrb782a
Close up of image 'gwr782' showing the front elevation of
the original 1876 main station building with porter's trollies on the platform.
The main station building was a rectangular brick structure with a low pitched
gable roof and projecting platform canopy. Internally there were three rooms;
booking office, waiting room & ladies waiting room. A small extension on
the East end 'see gwrb777' contained a porter's
room/store together with a gentlemens toilets at the rear. The partially
glazed platform canopy was supported on ornamental brackets/iron work with the
letters SR (Stratford Railway) incorporated. William Clarke's preferences in
his design for T & G fretwork are seen in canopy. In the distance what is
assumed to be the Bearley TOAD waits for a mixed train to Alcester in the
replacement refuge siding. Most of the other trackwork and signalling
alterations are still incomplete on 19th May 1939.
Robert Ferris
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