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Town Railway Station, Harwich (EHER 18741)

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Summary

Town Railway Station, Harwich, the railway came to Harwich in 1854. It is a stock-brick single storey building with Welsh slate roof.

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Location

Grid reference Centred TM 2598 3241 (14m by 49m)
Civil Parish HARWICH, TENDRING, ESSEX

Type and Period

Description

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import. The railway came to Harwich in 1854. The Town Railway Station, Main Road is a stock-brick single storey building with Welsh slate roof. Three bays break forwards on the east elevation, but the original platform canopy has been lost. The station had extensive sidings and to the north is a single-storey brick-built goods shed. A nineteenth-century cast iron pump stands on the grassed area in front of the station. There was an earlier station, situated on George Street <1> <2>

Sources

  • <1> DESC TEXT: Medlycott, M.. 1999. Harwich: Historic Town Assessment Report.
  • <2> Collection: Various. Various. Historic England Archive. BF007105.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Other References

  • NRHE identifier: 501995
  • National Monuments Record: TM 23 SE 203

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