After standing relatively untouched since passenger services ended in 1967, plans are afoot to refurbish and restore the Grade II*-listed Wingfield Station, which first opened in 1840.
The station – named as one of the country’s 10 most threatened Victorian and Edwardian structures back in 2012 – is now set to be restored to its original 19th Century condition after the Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust took over the building.
After Derbyshire Times photographer Brian Eyre was invited inside to capture the building as it now, in a state of disrepair, these pictures show the building in happier times, from shortly after it opened, in the 1950s and just after closure, with broken windows showing the closure was beginning to take its toll.
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![Samuel Russell's lithograph of Wingfield Station, circa 1842.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmRhNjJhNTliLWI3MGEtNDY0MC1iZGJlLTc2MzJlYzMwNDRhNTphMDA4MWVkMy00NjQ4LTQzNzYtYjE0ZS1hNGZjYzEyNDZhNmY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
1. Wingfield Station, circa 1842
Samuel Russell's lithograph of Wingfield Station, circa 1842. Photo: Samuel Russell/Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust
![Wingfield Station and parcel shed on May 30, 1953.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjM4MGZiZWJlLTZiNjItNDU4OS1iY2MyLTcyNjE5ODI3MjdkMTo4Njg0ZjMxZS05YjA2LTQzMjgtYTgzOS0zNzUxNWNiMWU2MTY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
2. 1953
Wingfield Station and parcel shed on May 30, 1953. Photo: Midland Railway Study Centre
![The entrance to Wingfield Station, pictured in 1955.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjBkMzdjZDdkLWZhZGQtNGQ3ZS1hOTYwLWJkZDYxYTBiZDYyZDo3ZjQ0N2U4NS00YWMxLTRiOTYtODRjYS05ZjkxYmVkYzMzODk=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
3. 1955
The entrance to Wingfield Station, pictured in 1955. Photo: Midland Railway Study Centre
![The station in 1971, shortly after closure.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjUyNzhhYjAzLTQ2ZjktNDAzYy04MDAyLTNlOGY3OTNiYTEyYzo1MzNiMjZiMy01ZmVjLTQzZGUtOGY0OS1iMWNiNjhlZGMwYWU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
4. 1971, east and south elevations
The station in 1971, shortly after closure. Photo: Amber Valley Council