| Summary : A former railway station, later bonded warehouse and more recently a training centre, opened in 1861 for the London Chatham and Dover Railway. It was constructed in an Italianate style from very large yellow bricks on end with stock brick dressings and polychrome brick voussoirs under a slate roof. The southernmost part was formerly the Station Master's Office whilst attached to the rear is a yellow brick tower. To the north are three cambered windows leading to the former booking office. Linked by a curtain wall is the former first class waiting room with a hipped roof now covered in asbestos sheeting. The curtain wall on the platform side has a series of round-headed arches which were filled in circa 1927 when the railway station closed, a new station being built nearer to the harbour, this building being converted into a bonded warehouse. The Harbour Station was unusual in that a section of the down platform was on wheels. This section could be swung out of the way to allow trains access to the line leading to the Princes of Wales Pier and the Promendae Railway. Listed Grade II. |