East Ham Underground Station

East Ham Underground Station was originally built in 1858 for the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway, with a new main building constructed in 1902 when it became part of the District line. The station is built of yellow stock brick with red brick dressings and a Welsh slate roof. The main building is a single-storey range parallel to the street, built on a railway bridge. The front elevation is articulated by eight rusticated red brick pilasters supporting a continuous cornice. It has a seven-bay front with doorways in the second, fourth, and sixth bays. Bay 1 features a paired window with 6 over 2 sashes in keyed elliptical heads. Bay 2 has a double door with 6 + 6 light over an elliptical keyed head, topped with a pediment at parapet level. Bay 3 has a single window matching the first bay, flanking a slightly projecting stack. The central Bay 4 has a door as in Bay 2, but the surround rises to an oeil-de boeuf at parapet level, with a small Flemish gable featuring a projecting London Transport logo above. Bays 5, 6, and 7 mirror Bays 3, 2, and 1 respectively. The parapet is punctuated by two stacks with weathered caps rising from Bays 3 and 5, and the front roof slope has two plain lights. The interior features brown and white glazed brickwork with a ten-bay open roof supported by timber queen post trusses. The platforms date from 1858 and represent the remaining parts of the original London, Tilbury and Southend Railway station. The down platform has a range of yellow stock brick buildings with elliptical red brick window and door surrounds. Cast iron columns support London, Tilbury and Southend Railway brackets and timber or steel beams; the canopy is an island design with fretted valances. The up platform is an island and largely similar, also carrying a small brick building. These canopies are very complete examples of the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway’s design. A covered footbridge has rivetted plate girders, steps, and cast iron handrails. The station opened on 31 March 1858, and the bridge entrance building was added in 1902, replacing a previous level crossing.