Frome Railway Station

Frome railway station designed by T. R. Hannaford, an assistant to I. K. Brunel, and opened on 7 October 1850. =

Isambard Kingdom Brunel is better known for the Menai Bridge and the doomed luxury liner, the Great Eastern. Though it is one of his less imposing works, it is unusual in that it has a roof that spans the tracks as well as the platforms. Only one platform is in use, which is served by trains in both directions.

Leonard Woolf, political theorist, travelled from this station to London on 11 January 1912 to propose marriage to Adeline Virginia Stephen. The resulting union bore fruit in The League of Nations, The Hogarth Press and the major works of Virginia Woolf.