Capes on tour: Stone, Staffordshire. Part 3

Railway station architecture: the earlier British station design was a thing of majesty, sometimes taking styling cues from churches. And in many ways railway stations of the Victorian and Edwardian eras really ways cathedral of steam, moving people and goods en masse before the internal combustion engine muscled in.

Clair the Cape Queen understands railway station architecture and she really likes Stone railway station, which dates back to 1849 but, breaking with the past, it’s been unstaffed since 1993. Nevertheless it remains majestic and attractive and Clair spent some time exploring this wonderful reminder of when Britain led the world in railway development.