The Site

When I visited the station, I noticed that the house next door was for sale so I have looked it up at http://www.rabennett.co.uk/ and discovered that the land behind the platform which currently homes goats belongs to the property so for the purposes of this project I will use this land as part of the site map as it could be purchased from the owners so that I can show my full ideas of design rather than limit them by the small area on the site.

Site Visit

I went to Warmley Station today and took many pictures as references to build the base design of the station which is the existing platforms and the current small shack of a station which is currently acting as a shop. I also decided while there, that I should keep the current station as it is listed (so no choice really) but also I will convert it into a small museum about the history of the Bristol and Bath Railway.

Initial Research

I have looked into designs of Victorian railway stations using a Google image search and have decided that the façade needs to have small windows and doors with pillars along the entire front. The roof of the building also must be glass but have a large metal structure on the inside spanning the entire building similar to Temple Meads Station in Bristol.

Initial Idea

For my extended project, I am going to design a new building more suitable for the Warmley station as the current building lacks the ability to host the amount of customers that come through and offers them no protection against the British summers! I will design it so that the exterior is in keeping with the history of The Bristol to Bath Railway which is now the countries most used cycle path. I will try to incorporate Brunel into the design in some way as well and have better facilities more suited for cyclists.