Site of late 19th century engine house, Maldon East Station, Witham to Maldon dismantled railway (EHER 48618)

Now destroyed. The site of an engine house for the Maldon East Station (EHER 15072) which was built in 1848. When surveyed in 2011, the north-west corner survived as a painted brick structure within a later breeze-block building. It is probable that this portion of the building was destroyed at sometime between June 2018 and April 2020.

SITE DESCRIPTION The south-east corner of the engine house, originally built 1848, survives as a painted brick end with blind arcades and brick frieze to an otherwise more recent breeze block building, now offices, (Photo C37). Sidings, cattle pens, steam mill, dock, and 'Long Pond' dock (parcel 119), O.S. map 1897, not extant. ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL Good. SITE SIGNIFICANCE The remnant of the building essentially unchanged since its building in 1848. CURRENT STATUS Recent building in office use. RECOMMENDED ACTION Record and monitor any proposed development. GRADE ** <1> The engine shed, located at the eastern extent of the station complex, lies adjacent to the river Blackwater. The single storey brick built structure has been incorporated into a modern warehouse and has suffered some alteration as a result. <2> Google Earth imagery shows the building was partially demolished at sometime between June 2018 and April 2020. It is probable that the surviving remains of the original engine shed were destroyed in this phase of rebuilding. The modern storehouse building appears to retain a footprint which is similar to that of the original building. <3>