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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 97 SW 50
Type of record:Building
Name:Queenborough station

Summary

Queenborough station, built 1860.


Grid Reference:TQ 9129 7211
Map Sheet:TQ97SW
Parish:QUEENBOROUGH, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

Full description

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Queenborough station built by the Sittingbourne & Sheerness Railway to a one- off design in 1860. Large two storey building with unusual use of highly exaggerated gables and roof lines with paired round headed windows below single large brick arches set into the wall. Also served as junction with the Sheppey Light Railway (1). Site photographs of Queenborough station (2-10).

From The National Monuments Record:
Station on the Sheerness line opened in 1860.

Historic England archive material: BF006950 QUEENBOROUGH STATION, QUEENBOROUGHBF112793 Queenborough, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, Historic Area Appraisal


<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, J Minnins 'SE&CR" (Southern Country Stations 2) (Ian Allen 1985) (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<2> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11301.

<3> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11300.

<4> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11299.

<5> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10299.

<6> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10298.

<7> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9815.

<8> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9571.

<9> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9570.

<10> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9518.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYMiscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. J Minnins 'SE&CR" (Southern Country Stations 2) (Ian Allen 1985). [Mapped feature: #69529 railway station, ]
<2>Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ9172/3. print.
<3>Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ9172/2. print.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ9172/1. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 159. print.
<6>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 157. print.
<7>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4026. print.
<8>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4060. print.
<9>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4058. print.
<10>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3141. print.

Related records

TQ 96 NW 1165Part of: Isle of Sheppey Railway (Monument)
TQ 97 SE 1071Part of: Queenborough and Leysdown Light Railway (Monument)