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NSE Station Architecture - Appendix

Appendix: A - Painting of Stations
SURVEY OF NSE “STANDARD” ROOMS


Woodwork:
Architraves: Dark Grey
Doors: Red
Skirts: Dark Grey
Picture/Dado Rails: Magnolia (Dado to be Dark Grey if panelled under)
Window frames: Dark Grey / Dark Blue
Cill boards: Dark Grey / Dark Blue
Sash/Casements: White
Timber panels: Re-oiled/varnished / Dark Grey (to Dado Rail)
Wooden benches: Red / Dark Blue / Dark Grey
Chimney Breasts:
Fire surrounds: Black / Dark Blue / Dark Grey
Tiled indents: To be polished – if provided
Grate: Black (to be blocked and vented)
Hearth: Black / Dark Grey
Metalwork:
Escutcheons: Chrome*
Scuff plates: Chrome*
Handles: Chrome*
Rubbing plates: Chrome*
Window openings: Chrome*
Panel/Mirror Fixings: Chrome – “clip on” to screw type* To be polished brass, if original
Radiators: Dark Blue – if provided
Pipe work: Dark Blue – if provided
Metal Benches: Red / Dark Blue
Metal Framed Openings:
Existing: Red / Dark Blue
New: Dip/powder coated Red / Light Blue
Glazing:
External (replacement): “Anti-Bandit”, min. 4.4mm to BS 6206:1981, “Etch-Proof” protection
External (new build): Annealed, min. 20mm, “Etch-Proof” protection

Ineternal:

“Pyrostop”, min. 15mm to BS 6206:1981, “Etch-Proof” protection
Glass Doors: Annealed, min. 20mm, “Etch-Proof” protection
Mirrors: BR standard, “Etch-Proof” protection
Structural Supports: To be same as canopy columns

Walls:

Plaster: Magnolia
Render: White, “Anti-Grip-and-Graffiti-Proof” artex
Brick: Remains un-plastered/painted/ White / Magnolia
Terrazzo: Fusion Solstice Orb (to be polished)
Terrazzo joints: Polished brass
Glass panels: Opaque float glass, min. 4.4mm to BS 6206:1981, “Etch-Proof” protection
Glass walls: Annealed, min. 20mm, “Etch-Proof” protection
Floors:
Terrazzo: Fusion Solstice Orb (to be polished)
Timber: Re-oiled/varnished / Dark Grey
“Lino”/Vinyl: Steel Grey
Carpet: Dark Blue/Grey loop pile tiles
Ceilings:
Suspended Ceilings:
Frame: Chrome
Fixed panels: Fissured effect panel
Lighting panels: Prismatic effect clear panel
Traditional Ceilings:
Plaster: White, as distemper
Cornice: White, as distemper
Lighting: Surface mounted fluorescent fitting
Conduit: White (along ceiling), Magnolia down walls
Smoke Detector: White plastic
Vent: White, Passive or Mechanical extraction - if provided
Ticket Vending Windows:
Frames: Red / Light blue (when in Terrazzo or Opaque Glass walls)
Shutters: Red – if provided
Glazing: “Bullet-Resistant”, min. 20mm, “Etch-Proof” protection
Counter: Chrome
Blind: Grey with “Position Closed” in Blue
Signs: Standard BR/NSE design
Timetable/Poster Boards:
Frame: White (with board identification tag in white on black)
Glazing: Clear “Plastik-Glass”, “Etch-Proof” protection
Literature Display Shelves:
Frames: Red
Shelves: White
Electrical fittings:
Power Points: Brushed Chrome/White Plastic by “MK”
Light switches:

Brushed Chrome/White Plastic by “MK


SURVEY OF NSE “SMALL STRUCTURES”


Inspection Booths:
Timber/GRP: Red
Door: Red
Glazing: “Anti-Bandit”, min. 4.4mm to BS 6206:1981, “Etch-Proof” protection
Blind: Black
Shelf: Black
Waiting Shelters by “Glasdon”:
Frames: Red / Dark Blue
Timber Planking: Red
Glazing: Annealed, min. 20mm, “Etch-Proof” protection
Plastic Glazing: Clear “Plastiglass”, “Etch-Proof” protection
Benches: Red / Dark Blue by “Macemain & Amstad”


Appendix: B - Accurate Colours


Official Paint Colours from Chief Civil Engineer's Office 1990

NSE Colour BS 4800 Code RAL Code
Blue – Dark N/A 5013
Blue – Mid N/A 5011
Blue – Light N/A 5015
Grey N/A 7011
Magnolia N/A 1015
Olive Green 14 C 39 N/A
Pollen (Cream) 10 C 33 N/A
Red N/A 3020
White 00 E 55 N/A


Official Print Colours



NSE Colour Pantone Colour
Blue 300
Grey 421
Red 185

 

Appendix: C - Bibleography

 

IMPORTANT READING FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT


Guide to NSE Station Furniture – Part One, A
 by Michael Pugh, NSERS: 2003. Available from NSERS


Aesthetics of Built Form
by Alan Holgate, Oxford University Press: 1992. ISBN 0-19-856336-1


Painting of Stations & Colour Charts
 by BR(NSE) CCE’s office: 1990. Internal Publication

 

Pioneers of Modern Design
 by Nikolaus Pevsner, Yale University Press: 2005. ISBN-10: 0300105711


Railway Stations – Southern Region
 by Wikeley & Middleton, Peco: 1971. ISBN 900586-31-1


Southern Sunshine Architecture 
by Sharples & Pugh. Unfinished Manuscript


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