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Railway station - Zabytek.pl

Railway station


railway infrastructure Czyżew

Address
Czyżew

Location
woj. podlaskie, pow. wysokomazowiecki, gm. Czyżew - miasto

The building displays evident Neoclassical features, with the architectural detailing applied being subordinate to the shape of its compact silhouette.

Overall, it forms a good example of Historicist railway architecture from the mid-19th century.

History

The railway station was erected in the years 1859-1862, back when the Warsaw-Białystok railway line leading across the town of Czyżew was first built. The exact dates of the subsequent renovation works have not been determined thus far; what is known is that the interior, which initially features a large vestibule, underwent alteration works as time went by. The most recent renovation works took place in the years 2009-2010, where new plaster finish was applied, while the damaged façade rustication was reconstructed. Both the door and window joinery was replaced, while the original roof tiles were removed, with a sheet metal imitation thereof installed in their place. The profiled window surrounds have also been removed. From 2011 onwards, the former separate village of Czyżew-Stacja where the railway station is located has formed part of the town of Czyżew. From 2014 onwards, the railway station has served as a museum.

Description

The Neoclassical railway station is located in the eastern part of town, on the south-eastern side of the Warsaw-Białystok railroad.

The single-storey building was erected on a rectangular floor plan and is covered with a tall hip roof. The building is made of brick, its walls covered with plaster. The roof is clad with metal roof tiles. The windows and doors are made of wood; the interior doors, however, are all modern PVC items. The former railway station features terracotta flooring.

Its façades are adorned with band-like rustication, below which there is a smooth, plain socle; in the front section of the building, this socle takes on a stepped appearance. The entire structure is topped with an entablature featuring an intricately profiled cornice. The windows and doors are rectangular in shape, topped with round arches; the windows of the south-western façade are completely rectangular.

The interior follows a two-bay layout.

The building is open to visitors.

compiled by Aneta Kułak, Regional Branch of the National Heritage Board of Poland in Białystok, 06-10-2014.

Bibliography

  • Straczyński K., Architektura murowanych dworców kolejowych w województwie podlaskim, “Biuletyn Konserwatorski Województwa Podlaskiego”, issue 19, 2013, pp. 133-159.

Category: railway infrastructure

Architecture: Classicism

Building material:  brick

Protection: Register of monuments, Monuments records

Inspire id: PL.1.9.ZIPOZ.NID_N_20_BK.56806, PL.1.9.ZIPOZ.NID_E_20_BK.158412