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Kew Gardens Station

A Grade II Listed Building in Kew, London

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Latitude: 51.4771 / 51°28'37"N

Longitude: -0.2851 / 0°17'6"W

OS Eastings: 519188

OS Northings: 176741

OS Grid: TQ191767

Mapcode National: GBR 7Z.QSL

Mapcode Global: VHGR3.04MH

Plus Code: 9C3XFPG7+RW

Entry Name: Kew Gardens Station

Listing Date: 26 September 2002

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1031878

English Heritage Legacy ID: 489772

Also known as: Kew Gardens railway station
Kew Gardens tube station
Kew Gardens Underground station
KWG

ID on this website: 101031878

Location: Kew, Richmond upon Thames, London, TW9

County: London

District: Richmond upon Thames

Electoral Ward/Division: Kew

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Richmond upon Thames

Traditional County: Surrey

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: Kew St Luke

Church of England Diocese: Southwark

Tagged with: London Underground station

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Description



TQ1976 STATION PARADE
22/10/10140 Kew Gardens Station
26-SEP-02

GV II

Railway station. 1868-9 for the London South-Western Railway. Stock brick, brick and stone dressings, slate roofs. Near symmetrical, two storeys, five bays, with single storey half-hipped wing to each side. West elevation: blind arcade of round headed arches, the piers with moulded brick bases, caps and bands. Finely jointed arches in stock brick. Left and right round arched entrances, to left a pair of panelled doors, to right a single panelled door, each under glazed fanlight; sashes; all under similar round arches. First floor sashes under multiple moulded brick arches, moulded stone cill band continuing to left and right returns. Below, and at eaves, moulded brick band also continuing to returns. Boxed eaves with moulded brick brackets. Four bay flat-roofed canopy on cast iron brackets. Tall external stacks to left and right returns. Left hand wing, pair of round arched sashes and smaller round arched window, formerly ticket booth. Moulded eaves band. Similar right hand wing, formerly pair of round arched openings, one now blocked, altered opening to right. Platform elevation. Detailed as west elevation. Raised and fielded panelled doors; altered or inserted entrance to right. Sashes, one with glazing bars. Deep canopy in three unequal bays, on cast iron shafts with foliate capitals, cast iron brackets.

B.Cherry and N.Pevsner, London 2: South, 1983, p.465 & 505
D.Blomfield, Kew Past, 1994


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