Hebden Bridge Railway Station Station Road Hebden Bridge Calderdale HX7 6JE

Description

Create cold store in the station waiting room. For security reasons, a portion of the room would need to be partitioned off to house the cold store unit. However a large part of the room would remain available for use by the travelling public, which has given approval by Northern. A small hole would be need to cut in the wall between the waiting and the bar, in order for the pipework to pass through, however this would not need to be very large, and could potentially be filled in and plastered over should the bar use cease. In order to provide access to the drain situated outside the bar room adjacent to the waiting room, a small opening would need to be created in the wall under the window as to allow a water waste pipe to join the drainage facility. Whilst the introduction of partitioning into the current waiting room would have an impact on that space, it would not really impact upon the external appearance of the listed building. Both the proposed cutting of small holes and the introduction of the partition into the waiting room would be reversible, and that the limited harm that they would cause to the listed building would be more than outweighed by the benefit of giving the building a viable use which would provide enhanced facilities for rail passengers and visitors to Hebden Bridge.