Building record MHG11656 - Golspie Railway Station

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 8256 9975 (17m by 20m)
Map sheet NH89NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish GOLSPIE

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NH89NW 21 8256 9975

See also NH79NE 45.
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The Industrial Archaeology of Sutherland (A Scottish Highland Economy 1700-1900, p. 71, 90) - Sinclair B Calder, 1974 <1>

(Location cited as NH 859 996). Golspie Station, built 1868 for the Sutherland Rly. A one-storey and attic building with mullioned windows. At the N end of the station is a skew overbridge with a plaque dated 1871, commemmorating the Duke of Sutherland's involvement with the extension to the north.
J R Hume 1977

Main station building is a 1 and a half-storey structure built on an L-plan, with the roof extending down to form a platform awning. On the opposing platform there is a 5-bay single-storey wooden shelter and a wooden goods shed of a standard Highland Railway pattern. Linking the two platforms is a lattice-girder foot-bridge of a type common in the region. Also of note is the overbridge to the immediate N of the station (NH89SW 21.01).
J R Hume 1977. <2>

This intermediate station was opened (by the Sutherland Rly) on 13 April 1868. It remains in regular use by passenger traffic.
R V J Butt 1995. <3>

An old photograph, probably taken in the 1930s or 1940s, was forwarded to the HER by a participant in a Community Timeline course, run by ARCH. <4>

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Text/Publication/Volume: Sinclair B Calder. 1974. The Industrial Archaeology of Sutherland (A Scottish Highland Economy 1700-1900).
  • <2> Text/Publication/Volume: Hume, J R. 1977. The industrial archaeology of Scotland 2: The Highlands and Islands. Paper (Original). 318-19; pl. 121.
  • <3> Text/Publication/Volume: Butt, R V J. 1995. The directory of railway stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present. 106.
  • <4> Image/Photograph(s): Private individuals. 2010. Photographs submitted by participants in ARCH Community Timeline course in Evanton and Golspie. Colour digital. Yes. Digital. Beryl Nicol (private collection).

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Aug 26 2010 9:59AM

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