Ramp at Deptford Railway Station is a Grade II listed building in the Lewisham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 June 1979. Ramp. 13 related planning applications.
Ramp at Deptford Railway Station
- WRENN ID
- secret-gravel-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lewisham
- Constituency
- Lewisham North MP: Vicky Foxcroft (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 June 1979
- Type
- Ramp
- Address
- Ramp at Deptford Railway Station, Deptford High Street Se8, SE8 4NS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 371 773
- Coordinates
- 51.47839, -0.02695
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ramp at Deptford Railway Station, built in 1856 by engineer Colonel Lordmann, is a dog leg structure made up of a series of brick arches that rise from Deptford High Street to the level of the tracks. This ramp was constructed to facilitate the movement of rolling stock and allow carriages to access the station. It serves as a significant historical remnant of London's first railway, which opened on 8 February 1836 as the London and Greenwich Railway. This ramp is the only surviving example of three originally built, making it the earliest, with the others located at London Bridge and Greenwich.
Local climate
Ramp at Deptford Railway Station sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 13 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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