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Monument details

HER Number:	TR 04 SW 58
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Balancing Shed, Newtown Railway Works (Site of?)

Summary

A small, open-ended brick building, built between 1898 and 1906.

Grid Reference:	TR 0162 4179
Map Sheet:	TR04SW
Parish:	ASHFORD, ASHFORD, KENT

Monument Types

WEIGH HOUSE (WEIGH HOUSE, Post Medieval to Modern - 1898 AD to 1990 AD)

Full description

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Small open-ende brick building build between 1898 and 1906. North and south elevationsare of four bays with tall round-headed windows, east and west having opposing wide tall doorways. A balancing, weighing machine made by W & T Avery Ltd, Birmingham was in situ at time of report. The open timber roof has three trussess, with king posts expanded at the head and foot, diagonal struts and iron ties. At time of survey the balancing machine was being dismanted, seemingly for preservation off site. There is no evidence of the building now (2001). (1)

Additional bibliography. (2-3)

<1> RCHME, 1991, The Railway Works Ashford, rchme page 16 (Unpublished document). SKE6767.

<2> Alan Baxter & Associates, 2004, Ashford Railway Works - Historic Buildings Assessment (Unpublished document). SKE16615.

<3> Museum of London Archaeology, 2008, Newtown Railway Works, New Town Road, Ashford: A Standing Building Survey Report (Unpublished document). SKE16614.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	Unpublished document: RCHME. 1991. The Railway Works Ashford. rchme page 16.
<2>	Unpublished document: Alan Baxter & Associates. 2004. Ashford Railway Works - Historic Buildings Assessment.
<3>	Unpublished document: Museum of London Archaeology. 2008. Newtown Railway Works, New Town Road, Ashford: A Standing Building Survey Report.

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