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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 73 SE 15 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of Cranbrook Railway Station |
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Summary
Cranbrook station was built in 1893 as part of a branch line running between Cranbrook and Padddock Wood. The building itself is identical in design to Goudhurst Station: a tall three bay, two storey station house with dormers and a single storey waiting room with roof serving as platform canopy. It was closed with the branch line in 1961 and was converted to a pottery workshop.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 75354 34510 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ73SE |
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| Parish: | CRANBROOK, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- RAILWAY STATION (Post Medieval to Modern - 1893 AD to 1961 AD)
Full description
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Cranbrook station, built 1893 as part of Cranbrook and Padddock Wood railway. An identical design to Goudhurst Station, a tall 3 bay 2 storey station house with dormers and a single storey waiting room with roof serving as platform canopy. Closed 1961 and converted to a pottery workshop
From The National Monuments Record:
Site of station on the Hawkhurst Branch Line, opened in 1893. It was closed in 1961. (1)
Historic England archive material: BF006455 CRANBROOK STATION, CRANBROOK
<1> H. P. White, 1964, A Regional History of the Railways of Southern Britian Vol. 2 (Monograph). SKE32114.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Monograph: H. P. White. 1964. A Regional History of the Railways of Southern Britian Vol. 2. [Mapped feature: #68615 Railway station, ] |
Related records
| TQ 73 SE 203 | Parent of: Cranbrook Station (Hartley) Goods Shed, Cranbrook (Building) |
| TQ 73 NW 240 | Part of: Paddock Wood and Hawkhurst Branch Line (Monument) |
