Former station master's house (*now DEMOLISHED) and bridge

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Hazlebach, Werner Terrace, Calvert Green

Type

Building

Roofed and walled permanent structures.

Description

Former Station Master's house*, once residential (now demolished due to HS2 development) and associated railway over-bridge. *DEMOLISHED*

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Statement of Significance

Asset type

Station Master's House and associated bridge (diverting the road over the station below).

Age

House: Late C19 Bridge:1897

Architectural and Artistic Interest

STATION MASTER'S HOUSE: Built of local Calvert red bricks in stretcher bond, with plain string course ledge made from one row or stretcher bond, one of header bond. Replaced windows, but original openings with red-brick header bond arched lintels and buff stone sills. No development other than small conservatory on the back. Original chimneys and unusual arched doorway made of 3 arches of headers, with unusual arched door (unsure if original...probably not as condition too good.) Tiled roof with plain barge boards and rafters peeping under. BRIDGE: The station was a single island platform located below the road overbridge from the centre of which a staircase led down to the platform: the centre pillars of the bridge were left hollow to provide lamp rooms. The design was chosen as it would allow the track to be quadrupled if ever required. The bridge is made of red brick with buff, regular shaped, edging stones, with two square openings to allow posibilty of a double track, and a middle arch for platform and station access/use.

Group Value

Part of the Railway Station, built for Calvert Brickworks, that sat underneath the road bridge. Associated with brick maker's cottages opposite.

Historic Interest

Served the train station from which Calvert bricks were delivered across the country. Calvert was the last station on the Great Central's London Extension before it reached the Metropolitan's station at Quainton Road, 4.5 miles away. Although the station was named Calvert, no such place existed at the time and the name was that of the local landowner, Sir Henry Verney, who had been born Calvert but changed his name upon succeding to the Verney Baronetcy. At the time, Calvert was a rural settlement with the few houses making up the village being situated close to the station and nearby brickworks which was the largest employer in the area. The bridge: The station was a single island platform located below the road overbridge from the centre of which a staircase led down to the platform: the centre pillars of the bridge were left hollow to provide lamp rooms. The design was chosen as it would allow the track to be quadrupled if ever required. The station buildings have long gone, but the dilapidated platform remained until recent demolition to make way for the new HS2 track, running where the old line once existed. Only a few broken bricks and track remain.