When is a station building not a station building? When it's the cattle market offices/cafe. It does look like a station building - so whether it was a copied design or maybe an architect who wanted to design stations, I don't know but maybe one of the members does. Maybe it is just the canopies that give the effect. The gateposts are quite impressive too. The actual cattle market side of things has long gone.
© David Meaden

Hi Dave

I've lived in Nottingham all in all for 50 years and remember my dad taking me to the cattle market in the early 60's and always thought the buildings had a railway feel, I wondered if the railway which runs very close by once had sidings into the cattle market area.

I know there was a factory next door to the cattle market on Meadow Lane which designed and manufactured tracks and points etc (12 inches to the foot scale).

Hi Bozzy
I've had a look on the old maps web site and it looks as though the building has always been  'refreshments rooms'. As you say the Nottingham and Melton Mowbray railway did pass by the corner of the site. However such sidings as are shown didn't reach as far as this building and there was once a goods shed adjacent to the line. 
regards
David

"When is a station building not a station building? When it's the cattle  market offices/cafe. It does look like a station building - so whether  it was a copied design or maybe an architect who wanted to design  stations, I don't know but maybe one of the members does. Maybe it is  just the canopies that give the effect. The gateposts are quite  impressive too. The actual cattle market side of things has long gone."

© David Meaden

Could it be a UK version of the old American Rail Head where the cows had their own station David ?

Just a joke, ignore it at will.

Cheers.
Allan.

Quite possibly Allan. Cattle had their own station at Bordesley after all!
Could make for an interesting layout……………………

David

Definitely possible,

If it got too crowded they would just ask you to moooooove over

What a lot of bull.

Toto

[user=1342]mynnyddog[/user] wrote:

Quite possibly Allan. Cattle had their own station at Bordesley after all!
Could make for an interesting layout……………………

David

So, no curly beef sandwiches on offer at the station cafe then…