Aberystwyth Station

Front facade of Aberystwyth's depot. The fine stone headhouse was added to the older Cambrian Railways platforms behind by new owner Great Western Railway in 1923/4. GWR was eager to make a statement about the benefits which would accrue to mid-Wales under its stewardship of the Cambrian, and choose to make its point in stone and masonry at Aberystwyth; architecture critics hailed the style as "English Renaissance." When first unveiled, the new headhouse included both a restaurant and a fully-equipped dance hall.