Site of late 19th century goods shed, Maldon East Station, Woodham Ferrers to Maldon East branch line (EHER 48652)

Now destroyed. The site of a brick-built goods shed, built in 1848. It was illegally demolished in 2008.

SITE DESCRIPTION Goods Shed (built 1848, now Brooks Bros, timber merchants), to the north of the line, red brick, eleven blind brick arcades on the north and south sides, with the central arcade taller and the two arcades either side of it smaller than the other eight, four blind brick arcades at the west end. ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL Good. SITE SIGNIFICANCE The building essentially unchanged since its building in around 1848. CURRENT STATUS Now in industrial use. RECOMMENDED ACTION List. GRADE **/*** (Photo Film D68). <1> The only other recently visible relic of this station complex was the goods shed which sat near where the level crossing was on the Causeway. This shed which was used for storage, was rapidly demolished in 2008 in order to develop the site. <2> NRHE data transfer: Site of goods shed built in 1848. The building was a single storey red brick double gabled building of pier and panel construction comprising eleven blind brick arcades on the north and south sides, with a taller central arcade flanked by a single arcade either side. Another four blind brick arcades are present at the west end. No list case: 165472. <3>