Charfield Station

So with Janet still in hospital (see later) I'm pretty much released from the extreme lockdown of some three months (with minor seepage). I took advantage and went for a socially distanced walk around the village. 

Janet is doing ok, had a good night last night and is expected to remain in hospital until at least tomorrow. I'm on my way back in now but we've had many a videochat. The cause of the kidney related fubar of the other night is hopefully being dealt with and she'll be home soon. Thank you all so much for your kind comments and wishes.

As for the walk, what usually took me or us an hour took nearly twice as long, and the hills have not got any less steep! Still, nice to get out, and a lovely place to live. And I've not run out of food yet...

While we've been locked down the Network Rail tree appreciation society have been through - generally in the middle of the night - offering their blessings with chainsaw and chipper. That has however revealed a decent shot of Charfield railway station...

Disgraceful that a listed building can be let go like this.


Booking hall and waiting room, now disused. Circa 1843-44 for the Bristol and Gloucester Railway : engineer, I.K. Brunel. Brick with freestone dressings and quoins; slate roof with overhanging bracketted eaves and coped raised verges on kneelers to the right; brick and ashlar square and diagonal stacks. In a plain Tudor Gothic style. Single storey. Central door in chamfered ashlar surround with 4-centred head. To the right is an advanced square bay (the waiting room) and a single bay recessed section with a square headed door. 'To the left is a smaller advanced square bay (the booking hall) and the recessed parcels' office and office section. The windows are boarded - probably 2- and 3-light casements with chamfered surrounds. The buildings at Charfield Station forms the only surviving intact group of buildings on the line - an important line which completed the through route from Exeter to Newcastle in 1844.