The station stands on the line which opened as the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway in October 1848. The Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company (S&CRC) had been formed in 1846, following a merger of the North Wales Mineral Railway and the Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway. This merger allowed the new company to use sections of line which had already been constructed near Chester and Wrexham, with new tracks being laid to carry the line further south. The engineer for the line was Henry Robertson, with contractor Thomas Brassey in partnership with William Mackenzie and Robert Stephenson.
The station building was designed by the architect Thomas Penson (junior) of Chester, who lived from around 1790 - 1859 and worked widely in the local area and in North Wales. His work was varied, including numerous country houses, churches and at least one cemetery. He seems to have designed most, if not all, of the original station buildings on the S&CRC line, many of which appear to survive.
The station had a passenger terminal as well as a goods shed, which was set off to one side of the railway. In 1854 the S&CRC line became part of the Great Western Railway, It is understood to have closed in the 1960s, and the station building has been used as a residential dwelling for sometime since then.
The station building was designed by the architect Thomas Penson (junior) of Chester, who lived from around 1790 - 1859 and worked widely in the local area and in North Wales. His work was varied, including numerous country houses, churches and at least one cemetery. He seems to have designed most, if not all, of the original station buildings on the S&CRC line, many of which appear to survive.
The station had a passenger terminal as well as a goods shed, which was set off to one side of the railway. In 1854 the S&CRC line became part of the Great Western Railway, It is understood to have closed in the 1960s, and the station building has been used as a residential dwelling for sometime since then.
