Monument record MLI126776 - Former Crossing Keepers Cottage, Hospital Drove, Little Sutton

Summary

Former level crossing keepers cottage at Hospital Drove, Little Sutton. Constructed in about 1862, but demolished c.2000.

Type and Period (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

A former level crossing keepers cottage at Hospital Drove. The crossing was on part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line between Spalding and King's Lynn, this part of which opened in July 1862. The cottage is depicted on the 2nd edition 25" Ordnance Survey County Series map. It would have been built to the standardised design that appeared on all the manned crossings of the Holbeach to Sutton Bridge stretch of the larger line. The basic design was a two-storey building with a narrow rectangular plan form, constructed of red brick with a pitched slate roof. The cottage survived extant for some years after the closure of the railway line in April 1965, but was demolished at some point between 1999 and 2004, as seen on the Google Earth satellite imagery layers. {1}{2}{3}{4}

Sources/Archives (4)

  •  Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-06. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. TF 42 SE.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: D.I. Gordon. 1968. A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Eastern Counties. pp.188-9, 219-25.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Alan Stennett. 2016. Lincolnshire Railways. pp.59, 135-7.
  •  Website: Google. 2001->. Google Earth, Maps and Street View. Accessed 31/08/2023.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 4535 2210 (11m by 7m) Estimated from Sources
Civil Parish LITTLE SUTTON, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Aug 31 2023 2:28PM

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