Listing Text:

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NEWTOWN ROAD
5272 (North Side)

Former Acetylene Store
TR 04 SW 3/268
3/268

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iln Newtown Railway Works. Built between 1871 and 1898, the building was reputedly a kiln for firing bricks for locomotives. It was later used as an acetylene store, now store. C19. Red brick with red brick barrel-vaulted roof. 4 brick stacks on roof, paired on either side of centre. 3 large brick buttresses, in centre and at ends on each side. 2 doors in arched surrounds south-east end and 2 windows in arched surrounds at north-west end. Originally used for the storage of acetylene, in use for the lighting of railways carriages.

Listing NGR: TR0161541648
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Additional bibliography. (2-3)

Historic England archive material: BF092237 NEWTON RAILWAY WORKS, NEW TOWN ROAD, NEW TOWN, ASHFORD Miniature Format Film Number: 116/K,138/X,138/Y,138/Z

<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> Alan Baxter & Associates, 2004, Ashford Railway Works - Historic Buildings Assessment (Unpublished document). SKE16615.

<3> Museum of London Archaeology, 2008, Newtown Railway Works, New Town Road, Ashford: A Standing Building Survey Report (Unpublished document). SKE16614.