Main Greenwich station building to see restoration work
Plans have been submitted for further renovation work on the Grade II listed Greenwich station.
It follows recent work to restore platform canopies and paint parts into heritage colours, and this time focuses upon the main station building.
Work will include repainting in a “sympathetic manner” with new signage proposed for the station which once formed the terminus for London’s first ever passenger line, the “London & Greenwich Railway” (L&GR).
According to a document within the application planned work has “involved studying similar restoration projects, examining archival materials and referencing heritage colour schemes used in comparable stations.
“As part of this process, colour selections were influenced by schemes applied at other historically significant stations, such as Battersea Park Station and Blackheath Station”.
The ticket hall area will see changes as will the exterior, with the removal of clutter “from front of buildings and make good and change the CCTV camera to something more discreet.”
Paint will be removed from plinths with work also set for the toilet block, while internal light fittings will be cleaned.
All in all it sounds an excellent project and befitting a stunning building which is one of the very first railway stations not only in London, but in the country and across the planet.
The application can be viewed here, with some excellent images showing the station’s history included with the Design and Access Statement.
