LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham

Studley & Astwood Bank Station: mrstud338

Looking towards the main station building which accommodated the station master, the booking office and waiting rooms. A cursory examination would see the building as very similar to the one found at Salford Priors, see image 'mrsp337', however there detailed differences, such as being longer with additional single storey gabled building at the end, which would indicate that this station was more important. The station's passenger facilities are slightly larger with a gabled roof being constructed at ninety degrees to the platform at the far end on the right. In addition, the station master's house has had an extension built to the rear with a flat roof. It was not unusual for the stationmaster's accommodation to also provide accommodation for other station staff and the larger building with modifications might be reflecting increased staffing at the station in a very rural area.

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