This was the only station with the exceptions of Winchester (Chesil) and Newbury to have a footbridge linking the platforms, most likely to preserve the use of a footpath over which a Public Right of Way existed and to eliminate the danger of users having to cross the line by other means.

To the north of the station was a goods shed plus cattle pens and three sidings which supported a busy coal trade and the loading of the products of the foundry.

The station received relatively large volumes of goods traffic for the area with Baker's Foundry being located in the nearby village.

A link line to nearby East Ilsley was planned but never built,[1] although certain parts of the proposed route were levelled and ballasted for reasons as yet unknown.

The station house, booking hall and some outbuildings (lamp and oil stores and a porter's shed) and the nearby substantial brick road overbridge are still in existence.