Architecture
Inglewood is a modified Vogel class 4 station. Originally a modest lean-to with an open lobby and adjoining rooms, the station has grown substantially. There are rusticated weatherboards on the platform elevation and shiplap weatherboards elsewhere. It is capped by a corrugated-iron roof. Its form is similar to that of Waverley, with the verandah forming a gable with the original lean-to. However, another lean-to placed, curiously, perpendicular to the main building disguises the general form of the building on the north end. There are large garage-sized doors in the rear of this lean-to extension and also further along the road elevation. Most of the windows, even on the additions, are four-paned sashes. The former lobby, now enclosed, still bears in the arch framing external evidence of its decoration. The verandah has railway-iron posts bolted together and curved to support the roof, while the scallop-shaped valancing at both ends is cut neatly to clear passing trains.
History
Inglewood is a modified Vogel class 4 station. Originally a modest lean-to with an open lobby and adjoining rooms, the station has grown substantially. There are rusticated weatherboards on the platform elevation and shiplap weatherboards elsewhere. It is capped by a corrugated-iron roof. Its form is similar to that of Waverley, with the verandah forming a gable with the original lean-to. However, another lean-to placed, curiously, perpendicular to the main building disguises the general form of the building on the north end. There are large garage-sized doors in the rear of this lean-to extension and also further along the road elevation. Most of the windows, even on the additions, are four-paned sashes. The former lobby, now enclosed, still bears in the arch framing external evidence of its decoration. The verandah has railway-iron posts bolted together and curved to support the roof, while the scallop-shaped valancing at both ends is cut neatly to clear passing trains.
Architectural Significance
Inglewood is one of the oldest surviving station buildings. The many additions and modifications, some of them old in their own right, have compromised the purity of its form, but the building is a most interesting document of the changes that have occurred. Much of the original class 4 building remains within the envelope of the structure and contributes to its considerable importance.
Historical Significance
Although much altered, Inglewood has considerable significance as the oldest remaining station on its original site. It is a relic of the rail system a little over a decade after its establishment. It was built in the heyday of the Vogel initiatives, the first great railway-building era. Inglewood is an important reminder of the formative years of railway development.
Town / Landscape Value
Inglewood is one of the town's oldest buildings and its 19th-century form adds variety to the townscape.
