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  1. I think I can tentatively come to some conclusive statements about this station. It's a little difficult because none of the 25" ordnance surveys prior to 1907 are available. This only leaves the 6" maps, which are not really detailed enough. I now believe the sequence of events to be: Original 1846 station built on North side of line to the west of the signal box, hence access to this originally on the west side. Signal box built 1876, with access on west side. Old station building demolished and replaced by new station house prior to 1892 along with wooden offices, etc. On the North side, approximately on the site of the substation. So further east. A wooden canopy built on the south side without the wooden building. 1892 the wooden building fronting the canopy built facing Station Square (later Devonshire Square). Most of this was removed when the new 1902 station was being built. A few intriguing things.... the two windows in the wall, just East of the toilets are carried over from the old station. What purpose did they serve? When was the replacement station built? Guessing 1890 -2, very similar in style to Falmer 1890.
  2. I've done a bit more searching. I noticed the top of the building on the down platform, which I assume is an extension eastwards on the original 1840s station, has a crenallated top. I knew I'd seen it somewhere before.... it's just like London Road and Kemp Town. Which dates it to c 1870. So that would fit in with the north or down side being more or less complete, some time before the upside in Station Square (now Devonshire). So it may be that the wooden building on Station Square was the only part that dated to 1892.
  3. I've not been on here very long..... but. Why are there no sound fitted Hornby Terriers? Dapol have done it.
  4. Well, I've made some progress. Some of this is open to some confirmation! As always. I believe the original 1840s station was extended at some time before 1892. Eventually it extended eastwards along the platform as a wooden building very similar to that on the up side. This was completed before the wooden building across the top of what is now Devonshire Square. There aren't many photos, but one shows the downside buildings from Devonshire Square. It shows that the final building is not there.... just the platform canopy. Also the station wasn't where Sainsburys car park is it's about where the transformer substation was. At some point the signal box had it's staircase removed to it's present position, on the east side.
  5. Gents, I'd like to keep this on track. It is the LBSC station and it's 3 iterations. 1846, 1891 & 1901.....later Bexhill Central that I'm looking at, not the SECR West Station.
  6. Yes, they seem to have gone completely.
  7. Thanks Graham, that's cleared up the two types. So I'm after an SR Green one.
  8. Hello 34107, Been checking on ebay for quite a while, no sign of any yet.
  9. Thank you for your reply. West Station was the SECR establishment. What became Bexhill Central, now just Bexhill, was the former LBSC station, which is what I'm researching.
  10. Oops, sorry for posting this twice.
  11. Good Morning, Does anyone have a Bachmann Scenecraft 44 - 011z or y, Boscarne Jct signal box they don't want? I believe these were a Kernow commission, not sure about the y or z.
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    LSWR Signal Box

    Good Afternoon, I'm after a Bachmann scenecraft LSWR type 3 signal box. The cat no. Is 44- 011z or y. It was a Kernow promotion, I'm not sure what the difference between y and z suffix amounts to. I believe it was Boscarne Junction. Happy to pay for a good example.
  13. Good Afternoon, Just a quick intro as I've already posted. I'm from Battle, East Sussex. Interested in things London Brighton, LSWR, especially west of Exeter.
  14. Gents, thanks for your replies. Yes, the photo in question is the one with wooden platforms. The Middleton Press book is useful, but the problem is the transition from the 1846 station to the 1891/2 station and subsequent 1901 station. There are very few photos of the North or down side. I saw a photo years ago of a Gladstone arriving from the Eastbourne direction, but I can't find it. I've just acquired a photo of the signal box which I'm trying to date. It has the stairs on the west side. The Open Bexhill map is useful, but the one closest in date has not copied well.
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