This private house on the edge of Southwell was once the crossing keeper’s cottage, where the Mansfield to Rolleston Junction line crossed the main A612 road towards Newark. It is similar in design to the other Midland Railway houses along the route, dating from the opening of the line in 1871. They share the characteristic features of elaborate barge boards, steeply pitched rooves and angular gable ends. The railway ran alongside the River Greet here before running onto the Trent valley flood plain via what is now the approach road to the racecourse.
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