Typical of a number of country stations built by Brunel.
Charlbury Station, Station Hill, Forest Hill, Charlbury, Oxon OX7 3HH
The Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway was for a time closely allied to the Great Western. During that period Brunel was engaged in some of the building work.
At Charlbury an inexpensive solution was required and Brunel obliged with a charming Italianate chalet style of building. Constructed with timber and with a large overhanging hipped roof, it is distinctive and charming. Restored in 1979, together with the early station nameboard it is a Grade II Listed Building.
The OW & W Railway, known not very affectionately as the 'Old worse and worse' eventually became part of the West midland Railway in 1860, whence it joined the GWR in 1863.
By road: Off A44, via B4437.
By rail: from Oxford or Worcester.
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