Physical Description
BUILDINGS
station building
- type 5, brick Italianate 1st class station building,1881, RNE, LEP, HS
- refreshment room in station building
signal box - type 2, brick and timber two storey gable roof opposite platform ,1885 signal box - type 11, Albury South, brick,1962
residences
- station master's, type 4, brick two storey, 1881, LEP
- railway porter's (3), type 11, 3-9 Young St, 1881, LEP
railway driver's and guard, type 11,1881, 3-9 Young St, LEP
barracks - type 5 brick engine and guards quarters, 4 rooms with verandah to three sides, non-standard design, 1880, LEP
transshipment shed - covered with central platform, c. 1920
Albury Railway Station was built during 1881-83 and was designed by NSW Government Railways Chief Engineer John Whitton. The building is symmetrical with a prominent central clock tower surmounted by a small cupola. The building is over 91 metres long and is constructed of polychrome brick which is relieved by stuccoed decoration marking out pilasters, arch lintels, pediments, architraves and string courses. There are some characteristics of Victorian Italianate style. The platform, notable for its great length (it is one of the longest in Australia), is built of cast iron with fluted columns and it has an iron roof. Internally, the building features an impressive domed main booking hall. The station is an imposing structure, one of the best of its type in Australia, located in a prominent position which makes it a fine city landmark in Albury. (AHC Register of the National Estate, 1978).
The Station Master's Residence is a two-storey brick building with a part gable, part hipped roof of slate. The verandah and balcony to the front of the house have cast iron columns with iron lace brackets at the top and an iron lace balustrade. The roof of the balcony is curved corrugated iron. The house is set in an attractive garden. (AHC Register of the National Estate, 1978). |
