Worksop Station
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The station was built in 1849 by the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway, part of the Manchester,Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, later Great Central.
This high quality building, designed by James Drabble, is built of local stone. It possesses strong Jacobean features. A single storey construction, it has elaborate gables and hexagonal chimney stacks. The 1900 extension has a Dutch gable, is two storey and has pilastered ground floor windows.
By road: On A60 in the centre of the town.
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