Grade II-listed Victorian railway station house on the Doncaster to Lincoln line for sale

Grade II-listed Beckingham Station House, in a village between Doncaster and Gainsborough, requires a full renovation but has been described as a 'dream property' for railway enthusiasts.

Though the station closed to passengers in 1959, the line remains open.

It was built in 1875 and listed at Grade II in 1984. The protection includes the ticket office, toilet block and boundary wall.

The previous owner bought the house in 1979 and lived there from 1984 until 2018, residing mainly on the upper floor while the original public rooms remained as they had been in 1959. It has been unoccupied for four years.

The guide price for the auction next month with with Brown & Co/JH Walter is from £180-200,000.

Many original features have been preserved, including the waiting room and the stationmaster's office, and there are old railway posters still visible dating from the time of closure.

The property was built for the incumbent stationmaster eight years after the station itself was opened by the Great Northern Railway.

Long-serving Edmund Gooter lived there for 16 years before his death in 1891, aged 64.

The ground floor, which accommodated the waiting room, ticket office and store, now has a sitting room, kitchen, back kitchen, pantry and porch.

The first floor has three bedrooms and a bathroom.

There is a garden and timber garage store in the grounds.

The auction is on August 10.