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ROADWATER RAILWAY STATION

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Roadwater Station was a station on the West Somerset Mineral Railway, built in 1856 and closed in 1898. The station has now been converted into a dwelling.

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For details see county SMR. (1)

Roadwater Station comprised a station building and platform, a wooden coal store, weighbridge and several sidings (2).

The station building itself is now a private dwelling: "Station Bungalow". A flat roofed porch has been added to the standard design building, a lentgh of platform survives on each side of the building. The coal stores still stand at ST 0391 3821, with an area of waste ground to the north, centred at ST 0319 3822, representing the former sidings (3).

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( 1) Externally held archive reference

Somerset County Council SMR 29 Sep 1986

(2) General reference

Sellick R 1970 The West Somerset Mineral Railway

(3) Field Investigators Comments

Riley H 1998 RCHME Field Investigation

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