Heritage Cases

Poet's Corner Station is on the District 1 Line of the "Old Natal Main line". The District 1 line was first opened in 1878, however Poet's Corner Station was not on the original line in 1880 (as seen in the steam rail timetable for December 1880). The Station is older than 60 years, and has limited heritage significance due to its position on the historic rail line. It also contains a Pedestrian Bridge which seems to have some structural steel elements that are older than 60 years. There are no other structures on the site with heritage value. A description of the illegal work of the site is outlined below: Entrance Structure -Galvanised streel frame structure using circular steel hollow sections with gates - Partially-covered by a corrugated sheeting roof with timber trusses and battens Seating Structure -Masonry seating structure with concrete slab for sitting. Back and side rest walls to timber beam height- painted and plastered. Openings in East and West side walls - Masonry piers on East and West ends of structure, plastered and painted, supporting a timber beam which supports timber rafters and battens on which corrugated roof sheeting sits. Ticket Structure -New masonry ticket office with portico facing Northern end with 2 bays facing the Northern side with brick piers. -Building has a double pitched, tiled roof and is plastered and painted. Timber rafters and purlins -Small ticketing window with counter facing Northern edge, and openings to Southern, Eastern and Western sides Pedestrian Bridge -The steel beam seems to be older than 60 years, but the concrete elements (structure and pre-cast balustrade wall) are later additions which appear less than 60 years old. See photo sheet for historical bridge reference images.