Ramp at Deptford Railway Station
RAMP AT DEPTFORD RAILWAY STATION, DEPTFORD HIGH STREET SE8
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1079947
- Date first listed:
- 27-Jun-1979
- Statutory Address:
- RAMP AT DEPTFORD RAILWAY STATION, DEPTFORD HIGH STREET SE8
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1079947
- Date first listed:
- 27-Jun-1979
- Statutory Address 1:
- RAMP AT DEPTFORD RAILWAY STATION, DEPTFORD HIGH STREET SE8
Location
- Statutory Address:
- RAMP AT DEPTFORD RAILWAY STATION, DEPTFORD HIGH STREET SE8
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Lewisham (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 37112 77338
Details
DEPTFORD HIGH STREET SE8 1. 4424 Ramp at Deptford Railway Station II
TQ 3777 5/10
1856. Engineer Colonel Lordmann. A dog leg ramp formed by a series of brick arches rising up from Deptford High Street to the level of the tracks. It was built as a means if getting the rolling stock up and down from track level and for carriages to reach the station. An evocative relic of London's first railway opened 8 February 1836 (The London and Greenwich Railway). It is the only surviving one of three such ramps and the earliest; the others were at London Bridge and Greenwich.
Listing NGR: TQ3711277338
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 203437
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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