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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 04 SW 62 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Machine Shop, Newtown Railway Works |
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Summary
Apart from the wagon shop,the shell of this building is all that survives of the Carriage and Wagon Department of 1850. The coal yard and chimney (pre-1871) on the north side of the machine shop have been removed.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0173 4159 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR04SW |
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| Parish: | ASHFORD, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Full description
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Apart from the wagon shop,the shell of this building is all that survives of the Carriage and Wagon Department of 1850. The coal yard and chimney (pre-1871) on the north side of the machine shop have been removed.
Its long elevation has rubbed brick double round-headed arches in tall rectangular recesses. (1)
Additional bibliography. (2-3)
<1> RCHME, 1991, The Railway Works Ashford, RCHME 1991 Historic Building Report (Unpublished document).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 Alan Baxter & Associates, 2004, Ashford Railway Works - Historic Buildings Assessment (Unpublished document).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 Museum of London Archaeology, 2008, Newtown Railway Works, New Town Road, Ashford: A Standing Building Survey Report (Unpublished document).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 | Unpublished document: RCHME. 1991.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 1991 Historic Building Report. |
| <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 | Unpublished document: Alan Baxter & Associates. 2004.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 | Unpublished document: Museum of London Archaeology. 2008.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. |
Related records
| TR 04 SW 58 | Parent of: Balancing Shed, Newtown Railway Works (Site of?) (Monument) |
| TR 04 SW 57 | Parent of: Former workshop, Newtown Railway Works (Monument) |
| TR 04 SW 309 | Parent of: GATE HOUSE TO RAILWAY WORKS (Listed Building) |
| TR 04 SW 61 | Parent of: Wagon shop, Newtown Railway Works (Monument) |
| TR 04 SW 56 | Parent of: Workshops, Newtown Railway Works (Monument) |
| TR 04 SW 224 | Part of: CARRIAGE SHOP AT NEWTOWN RAILWAY WORKS (Listed Building) |
| TR 04 SW 67 | Part of: Channel house (Monument) |
| TR 04 SW 222 | Part of: ENGINE SHED AT NEWTOWN RAILWAY WORKS (Listed Building) |
| TR 04 SW 64 | Part of: Klondyke Carriage Works, Newtown Railway Works, Ashford (Monument) |
| TR 04 SW 55 | Part of: Newtown Railway Works (Monument) |
| TR 04 SW 63 | Part of: Paint Store, Newtown Railway Works (Listed Building) |
