Summary
Former goods shed at Edenbridge Town Station, c1888, in a classical style for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.
Reasons for Designation
The former goods shed at Edenbridge Town Station, an 1888 classical style building in polychrome brickwork by Frederick Dale Banister, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Architectural Interest: a large and handsome classical style goods shed with polychrome brick details, in the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway's house style;
* Degree of intactness: little altered externally and the roof structure survives intact;
* Rarity: goods sheds are an increasingly rare building type and this is the only remaining example in Kent of a goods shed built by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway;
* Group value: the former goods shed groups with a contemporary railway station which is considered the least altered on its line.
History
This former goods shed was erected c1888 for the Oxted and Groombridge line extension to the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. The goods yard originally had five sidings, some of which could only be accessed by means of a reverse manoeuvre into a head shunt, one of which passed through the goods shed, and there were also cattle pens. The building first appears on the 1898 Kent six inch map with its current profile. The goods yard closed to general traffic on 10th July 1968. More recently it has been in use as a warehouse.
Details
MATERIALS: constructed of red English bond brickwork with some grey headers and polychrome brick details, in yellow and black bricks with a gabled slate roof.
Sources
Websites http://kentrail.org.uk/edenbridge-town.htm
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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