NHER 62898 (Building record) - Former crossing keeper's cottage, 174 Loke Road

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Summary

This small painted brick single storey cottage was originally the crossing cottage for the short-lived goods line from the GER Hunstanton Line to the Lynn Docks Railway, which opened in 1882 but was abandoned in 1886. As such it is a rare survival from a nearly forgotten railway development.

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Map sheet TF62SW
Civil Parish KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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(S1) describes this as a small painted brick single storey cottage, with possible blocked original doorway in north wall. This was originally the crossing cottage for the short-lived goods line from the Great Eastern Railway Hunstanton Line to the Lynn Docks Railway, which opened in 1882 but was abandoned in 1886. As such it is a rare survival from a nearly forgotten railway development.
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A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 20 June 2019.

  • <S1> Unpublished Document: King's Lynn Civic Society. 2014. A Draft List of Buildings of Local Significance outside the Conservation Areas in King's Lynn.
  • <S2> Map: Ordnance Survey, First Edition, 6 Inch. 1879-1886. Ordnance Survey 1st Edition 6 inch map..

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Record last edited

Jun 27 2019 10:37AM

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