Stow Station, Station Road, Goods Shed And Yard
Goods Shed (19th Century), Goods Yard (19th Century), Railway Station (19th Century)
Site Name Stow Station, Station Road, Goods Shed And Yard
Classification Goods Shed (19th Century), Goods Yard (19th Century), Railway Station (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) The Waverley Line; Edinburgh To Hawick Branch Railway
Canmore ID 297614
Site Number NT44SE 28.11
NGR NT 45625 44596
NGR Description Centred NT 45625 44596
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/297614
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Stow
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Midlothian
NT44SE 28.11 45625 44596
Stow was a station on the former North British Railway's Edinburgh to Carlisle route. On the section between Fountainhall (junction for Lauder branch closed 1909 to passengers, closed completely 1958) and Galashiels. Stow was set on a curve in the valey of the Gala Water. The layout ghas similarities to Midland Railway: entrance to goods yard from the opposite running lineover trailing crossover through single slip to parallel-lying sidings to the main line in loops. The goods facilities consisted (in 1907) of a small goods shed, two sidings and a loading bank. Two loops also (arrival and departure movements of pick up goods) and the other a normal traffic road. There was also a short kickback siding near connection with the main up line. Evans suggests that the building by this siding was a stables as horse shunting was common on the North British system. Stow would have had a daily pick up of goods services. On the passenger side, services between Edinburgh Waverley and Galashiels, Hawick and Carlisle called at Stow.
D Evans, 1965-6.
Standing Building Recording (October 2011 - February 2012)
NT 4564 4454 Stow Station was built in the Victorian revivalist style and occupies roughly a Z-shaped plan with an assortment of 20th-century additions attached to its E and W-facing external elevations. The building is constructed of snecked sandstone and has ashlar dressings. The S-facing elevation incorporates a pedimented arch with pilasters. Historical photographs show that the arch housed the station clock. The interior of the building has been refurbished to suit the needs of 20th-century living, and there are no surviving period features associated with its former use as a ticket office and station masters house.
NT 4772 3858 The Torwoodlee gate piers are located on a minor trackway leading from the N to the Torwoodlee mansion house. The piers were hewn from single blocks of sandstone and are probably of mid-19th-century date.
NT 51572 35251 A Level 1 survey was carried out on the Category B Galafoot (Redbridge) Railway Viaduct located to the E of Galashiels. The viaduct was constructed in c1849 to cross the River Tweed for the North British Railway and formed the first part of the Waverley Railway Line from Edinburgh to Carlisle. Also known as the Tweed or Redbridge Viaduct, it is constructed of squared sandstone rubble with ashlar voussoirs on its segmental arches. The piers consist of rusticated sandstone with boat-shaped cutwaters on the upstream and downstream sides. The parapet is constructed of sandstone with ashlar copings. The viaduct is approached along embankments on both sides of the river. The 1972 OS map shows a massive stone abutment to the W of the stream, while the viaduct also crosses a track to the E of the river. The Waverley Railway, which closed to regular passenger traffic on 6 January 1969 and much of the route in Midlothian, currently forms part of a cycle track.
Archive: RCAHMS (intended). Report: Scottish Borders HER and RCAHMS
Funder: ERM Ltd on behalf of Transport Scotland
Stuart Mitchell, Graeme Carruthers, Mike Cressey - CFA Archaeology Ltd, 2013
(Source: DES)
