Rolvenden station TQ 8653 3278 built for Rother Valley (later Kent & E Sussex Railway opened 1900. Originally the terminal of the line from Robertsbridge it became a through station when the line was extended to Tenterden in 1903. A simple single storey building clad in corrugated iron with a platform canopy. Closed in 1955 and reopened as a private steam railway in 1974. Locomotive shed and workshops formerly accross the track oposit the station building. Built at the same time as the station this was a twin range shed of timber frame with corruagated iron cladding. The original roof was curveed but a pitched one replaced it later. A lean to shed along one side held the railways workshops. After closure of the line in the 1950s the land oposit the staion was sold and the buildings demolished. (1)

From The National Monuments Record:
Railway station on the Kent and East Sussex Light Railway opened in 1902 as the original terminus of the Rother Valley Light Railway, but closed in 1961.

Historic England archive material: BF007127 ROLVENDEN STATION, ROLVENDEN

<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Mitchel and Smith Branch Line to Tenterden 1985 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.