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Title: Huddersfield Station Frontage 1920 - LYR00302
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Title
Huddersfield Station Frontage 1920 - LYR00302
Description
LYRS 4508 - The magnificent station building, now Grade I Listed. John Betjeman described the imposing frontage as 'the most splendid in England' and Nikolaus Pevsner considered it to be one of the best stations in the country. Its grandeur owes much to the influence of the Ramsden family who owned most of Huddersfield at the time it was built in 1846/50. It was operated jointly by the London & North Western Railway and the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway and they each had their own Booking Offices in the pavilions at the end of the colonnades which extended from the central block with its giant portico. However by the time this photo was taken the centre had become the Booking Hall. Above each pavilion is the crest of the respective company but in place of the LNWR's it is that of the Huddersfield & Manchester Railway who had promoted the line prior to becoming part of the LNWR.
Creator
Unknown
Source
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society
Date
1920, 1920s
Rights
PHDA - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
LYR00302.tif
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Huddersfield Station Frontage 1920 - LYR00302,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/12953.
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