The single-storey buildings on the Gloucester/Birmingham side of the line are stone and timber-built structures, in an Italianate style. They were completed in 1850 for Isambard Kingdom Brunel's South Wales Railway, and according to architectural historian John Newman were designed by N. Lancaster Owen.John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire, Penguin Books, 2000, , p.184 A canopy provides shelter. On the more popular Newport/Cardiff side, there is just a small modern shelter.
