A chap called Mark Harvey has devoted an amazing amount of voluntary time, energy and talent to recording the stations and structures of the Settle-Carlisle railway to compile the SCRCA* database.
Yesterday he visited Settle station and got these two splendid photographs - one with a train and one without. Train or no-train they show just how lovely it is, thanks in huge measure to the efforts of volunteers, working in cooperation and coordination with train operator Northern and Network Rail.
A happy example of partnership working at its very best.
I am especially pleased to see these examples of how our water tower in the background blends in. The roof room atop the tank can be seen but only just. Its design features all sorts of architectural tricks aimed at making it almost invisible. Among the concealment features are:
- Large reflective and tinted windows
- Matt black horizontal railings above the tank to draw the eye when viewed from nearby
- Generous roof overhangs creating shadows below
- Galvanised steel I section beam roof edges - sky coloured, or in this case tree coloured, illusion as the shadows and the zinc galvanising combine
- T section steel support columns between the windows are of minimal thickness and invisible from this distance
- The (original Midland Railway) colours make a bold statement and attract attention away from the roof room above
It all works just as intended. Full credit to 'can-do' architect Stuart Green and architectural legend Mies Van Der Rohe (1886-1969)
*Settle Carlisle Railway Conservation Area
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