Key Words :- railway station

Address :- Rocks Lane, Barnes Common, London, Greater London, SW13
Grid Ref :- TQ 22208 75699
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.467073 , Long -0.24205
Local Authority :- Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Surrey
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No - 1239920,
Site Condition :- Operational site, in use for original purpose
Site Dates :- 1846 -

Description and History of Site:-
Small country-type Tudor style brick station building, 1849. Designed by Sir William Tite for the Richmond & West End Railway (later controlled by LSWR) - opened 27 July 1846. One of Tite's four 'Tudor' stations on the Richmond line. Red brick with diapering stone dressings, steep gabled roofs with kneelers, dormer windows, and very tall coupled hexagonal chimney stacks. Some alterations were made c. 1881. Projecting frontage may be an early addition, also by Tite, who was the LSWR architect.

Opened 27 July 1846 [PWS]

Further Reading and References:-
Ashdown, John; Bussell, Michael; Carter, Paul. 'A Survey of Industrial Monuments of Greater London'. Thames Basin Archaeological Observers' Group, 1969

[Gordon Biddle, 2003, Britain's historic railway buildings: an Oxford Gazetteer of structures and sites. OUP: xxxvi + 759pp [ISBN 0-19-866247-5]

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