The railway station was built in 1849 replacing a temporary structure constructed a year earlier.[2] It was rebuilt in its present form in 1938 and has had several slight modifications since that date, most notably in 2006, when the new interchange and connection to Frenchgate Centre opened.
Doncaster station was built in two stages from 1848-52, with additions in the 1870s as lines and services increased massively. Only minor changes were then made for many years. . The new entrance hall took up much of this space in 1938, but most of the historic station buildings seen here still stand.
Its Listing details marks it as a GV ll Station with a booking hall and offices dating from 1933 for London, North-Eastern Railway. made from red brick with stone dressings and clay tile roofs… more. Tall single-storey 5 bay central block with lower two-storey flanking single-bay wings which project. Central block has a wide central bay with slightly overlapping and slightly projecting narrower bays to either side which are flanked by wide bays, each with slightly projecting blind walling towards the centre. Across the full width, there is a flat canopy at the first-floor height of the side wings. Wings have similar canopies.
Below the canopy, to the central block, there is a deep ashlar plinth with moulded base and decorative band to top. Bays 2 and 4 have wide doorways with architraves; to the outer side of each door is a blocked window with raised surround. Bay 1 has a margin glazed metal casement window in stone architrave and bay 5 has a later addition with a similar window. Above the outer parts of the outer bays have tall single light margin glazed windows in moulded architraves and bays 2 and 4 have similar 3-light windows. Central bay has a similar 5-light window but in architrave with reeded jambs and plain lintel. Wide continuous stone band at eaves height except across bays 2 and 4 which have small stone roundels above the windows. Parapets are stepped up towards the centre and have flat stone copings. Tall hipped roof. Side wings have similar plinths, 2 small-paned metal glazed windows and door to ground floor with 2 similar windows above, 2 narrow ones flanking 2 wider ones, all on the brick sill. Plain flush stone band at lintel level of first-floor windows, flush parapets with flat copings. Tall hipped roofs.
The Interior of the booking hall has polished marble lining the walls to about half height with a wideband to top. Above wall articulated by 4 paired marble pilaster strips set in recessed panels. The ceiling has three large sunken circular panels with circular light fittings to the centre and sunken bands to sides with alternating lights and ridged panels.
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