Goods Shed, Maldon West, Woodham Ferrers to Maldon East Branch Line (EHER 48641)

This Goods Shed beside Maldon West Station dates from 1889. The adjacent station (EHER 48645) closed in 1959. The building remains extant despite the closure of the railway.

SITE DESCRIPTION Goods Shed, on west of former track, is now part of an industrial zone, West Station Road, two blind arcades and one rebuilt and raised to a square profile facing to south, a small round window above central arcade, similar blind arcades with a central loading door facing to west, dating from around 1889. Sidings, O.S. map, c.1897, not extant. ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL Good. SITE SIGNIFICANCE Goods shed essentially as shown on O.S. map c.1897 with alterations. CURRENT STATUS In use as part of Industrial Zone. RECOMMENDED ACTION List. Monitor and record any development. GRADE ** (Photos Film C32/DSCF2721 south end; C33/DSCF2722 west side). See <1> NRHE data import: TL843062. West Station Yard. Late 19th century. Remains of engine and goods-sheds slowly disappearing before modern industrial development [in 1991]. Just north of this site is a blocked tunnel under the A414, past which West Station platforms are deeply buried in trees at bottom of cutting (see EHER 48645). Another mile (1.6km) north is broken viaduct, TL 845 076, over River Chelmer. All relics of Maldon-Woodham Ferrers railway, opened 1889, closed to passengers in 1939 and to freight in 1953. <2>