sˌɜː nˈɪkəlˌaʊs pˈɛvsnɚ dᵻskɹˈaɪbd ðə stˈeɪʃən ðˈʌs: "wʌz wˈʌn ʌvðə mˈoʊst sˈʌmptʃuːəsli bɚɹˈoʊk stˈeɪʃənz ʌvðɪ ˈɜːli vɪktˈoːɹiən dˈɛkeɪdz ɪn ˈɪŋɡlənd.
Sir Nickolaus Pevsner described the station thus: "was one of the most sumptuously Baroque stations of the early Victorian decades in England.