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Monument details

HER Number:	TR 04 SW 64
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Klondyke Carriage Works, Newtown Railway Works, Ashford

Summary

1898 railway carriage shop, consisting of a large brick single storey shed (320ft long & 100ft wide) and a range of workshops (200ft long & 30 ft wide).

Grid Reference:	TR 0154 4164
Map Sheet:	TR04SW
Parish:	ASHFORD, ASHFORD, KENT

Monument Types

CARRIAGE WORKS (CARRIAGE WORKS, Post Medieval to Modern - 1898 AD to 1980 AD)

Full description

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The Klondyke works was built in 1898 as part of extension to railway carriage works which was continued in 1906 with the construction of the Kimberley works (since demolished).

Large brick single storey shed with pair of 3 bay gable ends and smaller workshop range on east side. Paired pedimented gables on S and W sides. Six tracks entered via doors in the N end. Roof of main shed features original iron trusses supported on central row of cast iron columns. The works were used for the regular repair and maintainance of rolling stock. (1 & 2)

The works went out of use in 1982 and from that time have been progressively demolished.

<1> RCHME, 1991, The Railway Works Ashford, RCHME 1991 Hist Building Report (Unpublished document). SKE6767.

<2> D.T. Timins, 1898, The Railway Magazine (Serial). SKE6768.

<3> Alan Baxter & Associates, 2004, Ashford Railway Works - Historic Buildings Assessment (Unpublished document). SKE16615.

<4> Museum of London Archaeology, 2008, Newtown Railway Works, New Town Road, Ashford: A Standing Building Survey Report (Unpublished document). SKE16614.

<5> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 2014, AIMREC Klondyke Site, New Town Road, Ashford, Kent, Archaeological desk based assessment (Unpublished document). SKE32314.

<6> CgMs, 2018, Cultural heritage assessment, Former Klondyke Works, New Town Road, Ashford, TN24 0PN (Unpublished document). SKE53469.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	Unpublished document: RCHME. 1991. The Railway Works Ashford. RCHME 1991 Hist Building Report.
<2>	Serial: D.T. Timins. 1898. The Railway Magazine.
<3>	Unpublished document: Alan Baxter & Associates. 2004. Ashford Railway Works - Historic Buildings Assessment.
<4>	Unpublished document: Museum of London Archaeology. 2008. Newtown Railway Works, New Town Road, Ashford: A Standing Building Survey Report.
<5>	Unpublished document: Trust for Thanet Archaeology. 2014. AIMREC Klondyke Site, New Town Road, Ashford, Kent, Archaeological desk based assessment.
<6>	Unpublished document: CgMs. 2018. Cultural heritage assessment, Former Klondyke Works, New Town Road, Ashford, TN24 0PN.

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