Bexhill Central Railway Station

Bexhill Central Railway Station, built in 1901 for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, was designed by Chief Engineer Charles Morgan. The station is constructed in a Queen Anne style. It is built using polychrome brickwork, incorporating red brick with blue engineering and gault bricks laid in bands, complemented by red sandstone window dressings, yellow sandstone arches and copings, and a roof of Welsh slate. Cast iron and steel platform canopies are also present.

The station is designed with offices built on a bridge, with platforms situated in the cutting below. The single-story street-facing façade has a six-bay arrangement (1:4:1), where the end bays are set forward. The central section features arched doors with overlights, and the entire front is sheltered by a canopy supported by four cast iron columns with a scalloped valance. A pyramid roof, rising to a rectangular lantern with a lead bellcast roof, covers the centre four bays. The side walls exhibit three decorative gables; the north gable is blind, while the south gable contains two tripartite arched windows with decorative heads. The rear wall features four arches, with windows to the booking hall situated above the footbridge roof.

The interior boasts a large, open booking hall with timber roof trusses secured by wrought iron ties, and a central lantern. This hall leads to a footbridge and platform ramps, all covered by elliptical trusses with glazed side walls. Both platforms retain their original canopies, constructed of timber with scalloped valances atop cast iron columns and brackets.

The original Bexhill station opened in 1846 on the London and Brighton Railway line, later taken over. The present station was constructed in response to a new branch line built by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway, which opened in 1902, and to cater for the growth of Bexhill as a popular seaside resort and destination for private schools.