The unusual design of Bishopstone station is clear in this

image. Constructed in 1938, the station was designed by the Southern's chief architect James Robb Scott in the art deco style. The main building of the station is symmetrical, with an octagonal central booking hall and two extended wings. One of these wings formerly contained the ticket office and parcels office, now it is boarded up, was rather dismal and smelled of urine! Notice the two pill boxes on the roof added in 1940. Surprisingly, given it was war time, they have been sympathetically blended to the original structure. Yes, that is my trusty Combo van parked in front of the building!