Early 20th century railway station, Thaxted (EHER 40873)

A railway station on the Elsenham and Thaxted Light Railway, opened in 1913 and closed in 1953.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Thaxted Station was built as part of the original Branch in 1913 and in line with practice for construction of the other stations and halts on this Light Railway. It had a raised 100 foot clinker and ash platform on the south-east side of the main line on which were a wooden station building, a coach body and a wooden hut, name board, oil lamps and seats. At the west end of the platform was a higher loading dock and cattle pen. Only the station building survives and is a single storey wooden building having two doors and two windows on the platform side and a window in each of the gable ends. Internal inspection was not possible and should be undertaken when the opportunity arises. Currently it is in use as part of private business premises, but should this use end an alternative suitable use which maintains the integrity of the building should be secured. Therefore it is recommended that the station building should be Listed Grade II as the only surviving intact station building on the branch (possibly the only surviving wooden station building in the county and the only station associated with one of the county's three light railways) and for its group value with the other surviving buildings at Thaxted. <1> See also: <2>