Hockley GWR Station

[Mark Tooze]

Finally bits of close up details from around the site:-

Rusting door lintel over the boarded up entrance:-


Similar lintel over the 3rd entrance:-


And over the 4th entrance:-


The station may be dead, but the walls are still alive.....



Rusty bracket and an old floodlight:-


Downpipe and buttress from inside one of the rooms:-


Remains of original roof brackets from the covered walkway up to the platform stairs:-



Remains of old lead roof flashing:-


Rusty door hinge bracket:-


Remains of another rusty old bracket - note the wonderful patternation on the white glazed brickwork:-


Some of the white glazed bricks have been used to repair the station retaining wall - note how it is bulging outwards:-


Remains of rusty fence and fence post:-


Old pipes poking out of the retaining wall:-

 

[Donbogen]

Finally bits of close up details from around the site:-

Rusting door lintel over the boarded up entrance:-
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Similar lintel over the 3rd entrance:-
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And over the 4th entrance:-
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The station may be dead, but the walls are still alive.....
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Rusty bracket and an old floodlight:-
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Downpipe and buttress from inside one of the rooms:-
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Remains of original roof brackets from the covered walkway up to the platform stairs:-
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Rusty door hinge bracket:-
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Remains of another rusty old bracket - note the wonderful patternation on the white glazed brickwork:-
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Some of the white glazed bricks have been used to repair the station retaining wall - note how it is bulging outwards:-
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Remains of rusty fence and fence post:-
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Old pipes poking out of the retaining wall:-
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Nice to see Header Stretcher Bond Brickwork

 

[A Sparks]

That's great, how lucky you were passing and had your camera!

 

[Mark Tooze]

There are also remnants of a walkway at the right edge of the site:-

 

[A Sparks]

My first thought - this picture looks like a little face!

 

[Mark Tooze]

That's great, how lucky you were passing and had your camera!

I had an appointment at the Bham Treatment Centre and I took my cameras as I planned to photograph Dudley Rd Hospital before it is "consumed". This caught my eye as I drove passed so I quickly diverted - but only had 20 minutes. By the time I got back the workmen had gone home and the site was closed up. I may go again tomorrow.

 

[Lloyd]

Interesting railway architecture there! I wouldn't fancy parking near the trees or retaining wall, might come back to a flat car! Perhaps that's going to be 'sorted' in the ongoing work. The bulging wall needs some care & attention too, before gravity takes over.

 

[Mark Tooze]

Got a few more photos in the rain on Saturday - unfortunately I could not get into the site so had to rely on telephoto lens:-

There is now scaffolding in front of the first open doorway:-


Detail of some of the remaining white glazed brickwork:-


Rusting drainpipes embedded in the wall:-



Detail of the lintel above the centre boarded up door:-


Rotting wooden fencepost attached to a concrete post:-


Bit of everything here - white glazed bricks, the curved roof lines, remains of roof supports and a bush growing out of the wall:-


Looks like this bush was cut back quite recently:-


From the retaining wall outside the station, bush roots above what may have been an old gas or water pipe:-


And at the far end the remains of one of the original gate hinges to the goods yard entrance:-

 

[Mark Tooze]

On the plus side there has been a very sympathetic repair made to the retaining wall above where the station entrance was - they have gone the "extra mile" to match both the bricks and the pattern as well as possible:-