Post by Admin on May 25, 2006 15:07:52 GMT
Atherstone
Places of interest in Atherstone include, Market Place with its 18th century buildings and St Mary's Church and the rather unique Swan Inn Archway, Long St with the Jacobean-style Station House Designed by J.W.Livock, The Old Swan as Atherstone's best example of a 16th century timber-framed house, the Old Bank House with the town stocks in it's walled garden and the old coaching inn, Red Lion, immortalised by George Eliot in her novel Middlemarch and the Three Tuns, where Henry Tudor is believed to have slept on the eve of the Battle of Bosworth in 1845.
Transport
Atherstone Station
The Railway line, nicknamed 'peel's line' ,was offically Named 'The Trent Valley Line' in 1844. The first sod was cut on 13th November 1845, close to coleshill road Bridge. On 15th September, the line became open to limited traffic and became fully operational by December 1st. The trent Valley was operated by London and North Western Railway. Atherstone station building is a grade II listed building,one of many in Atherstone. A grand gothic building built in 1847 to a design by J.W. Livock to match all of the other station along the line, a unified Jacobean-style. The Station became unmanned in 1972 and the building closed falling in to disrepair. The station was restored in 1985, and gained an award for best restored station from Ian Allen which was presented by David Shepard OBE. Unfortunately from the railway side, the building has suffered from vandals, railtrack and it's new occupant Rivers Meets Vetinary Practice. Much of the detail on the platform side has been stripped, including the stations mock period lighting, the leaded windows, and the walls have been daubed in graffiti.
Atherstone Ball Game
Places of interest in Atherstone include, Market Place with its 18th century buildings and St Mary's Church and the rather unique Swan Inn Archway, Long St with the Jacobean-style Station House Designed by J.W.Livock, The Old Swan as Atherstone's best example of a 16th century timber-framed house, the Old Bank House with the town stocks in it's walled garden and the old coaching inn, Red Lion, immortalised by George Eliot in her novel Middlemarch and the Three Tuns, where Henry Tudor is believed to have slept on the eve of the Battle of Bosworth in 1845.
Transport
Atherstone Station
The Railway line, nicknamed 'peel's line' ,was offically Named 'The Trent Valley Line' in 1844. The first sod was cut on 13th November 1845, close to coleshill road Bridge. On 15th September, the line became open to limited traffic and became fully operational by December 1st. The trent Valley was operated by London and North Western Railway. Atherstone station building is a grade II listed building,one of many in Atherstone. A grand gothic building built in 1847 to a design by J.W. Livock to match all of the other station along the line, a unified Jacobean-style. The Station became unmanned in 1972 and the building closed falling in to disrepair. The station was restored in 1985, and gained an award for best restored station from Ian Allen which was presented by David Shepard OBE. Unfortunately from the railway side, the building has suffered from vandals, railtrack and it's new occupant Rivers Meets Vetinary Practice. Much of the detail on the platform side has been stripped, including the stations mock period lighting, the leaded windows, and the walls have been daubed in graffiti.
Atherstone Ball Game
