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Site ID :- GTL00008
Key Words :- Railway Station
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GTL00009,London and Greenwich Railway

Address :- Tooley Street, London, Greater London, SE1 9SP
Grid Reference :- TQ 32940 80140
Grid Co-ordinates :- Easting 532940 m, Northing 180140 m
Lat & Long (WGS84) :- 51.504565 , -0.085967
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Administrative Area :- Southwark London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Greater London Council
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Site Condition :- Operational site, in use for original purpose
Historic England List No - 1385629, 1385808,
Site Era :-Industrial Revolution 1750-1850 to Modern Post 1950
Site Dates :- 1836 -
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Contributor :- GLIAS Database - 2 June 2018
Contributors Society :- Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © GLIAS Database

Record Status :- Incomplete
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Description and History

London and Greenwich Railway, opened 1836. First and most frequently rebuilt London terminus. Built 1840-44, architect Henry Roberts, to house L&GR, London & Croydon Railway and South Eastern Railway. Divided and rebuilt 1849. SER extended to Charing Cross 1859-64 (engineer Hawkshaw), via two plate-girder bridges over Tooley St. and Borough High St., causing demolition of original St. Thomas Hospital. Joiner St. bridge partially rebuilt after collapse. Originally built 1850, with Warren truss by P. W. Barlow. 1970s through-line and booking hall rebuilt. Station rebuilt again 2007-2018 including demolition of the Grade II listed ornate cast iron trainshed of 1866 by H.E. Wallis on the Brighton (south) side.

Arches under the station with entrance in Joiner Street, Stainer Street, Weston Street and Tooley Street used as 'bonded' wine vaults for storage and bottling for many years, supervised by HMRC.

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|Andrew Turner|23 November 2018|

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