Record Details
| NHER Number: | 62898 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | 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.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 6254 2059 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF62SW |
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| Parish: | KING’S LYNN, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
(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.
Visible on (S2).
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 20 June 2019.
Monument Types
- CROSSING KEEPERS COTTAGE (19th Century - 1882 AD to 1886 AD)
- HOUSE (19th Century to 21st Century - 1886 AD? to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <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 | Unpublished Document: King's Lynn Civic Society. 2014.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.. |
Related records
| 13592 | Part of: King's Lynn Dock Railway (Monument) |