Bat And Ball Railway Station

Railway Station. Built in 1862, this was the original terminus for Sevenoaks before the main line was constructed in 1868. The station comprises offices and waiting room with a Station Master's House attached at the north-east end.

The building is constructed in London yellow stocks with string courses in red, dark blue and cream, topped with a dark blue slate roof. The main structure is single storey at the centre, with a gable end to the south-west and a two-storey Station Master's House at the north-east end. There are nine windows in total. Both gables feature plain bargeboards, and the south-west gable has a circular bricked-up window feature. The station gable ends, both front and back, display a decorative red brick band of pseudo machicolations, a feature that also runs along the top of the recessed walls beneath the canopies on both sides.

The principal entrance consists of two double doors and four windows recessed into an entrance portico, with typical carved valance boards beneath the eaves. The portico roof is supported on two wooden columns and brackets, with the north-east column retaining its original hook and eye for tethering horses. The windows are segmental arched with red brick voussoirs and cream terracotta keystones and springers, each incorporating a trefoil motif. All windows are double-hung sashes with horns on the upper sash and a single vertical glazing bar per sash. These glazing bars terminate in capitals with responds at the top corners of each sash. The fanlights above the double doors are subdivided into a circle with two semi-circles below.

The platform side shows a single-storey building with gable ends to left and right, each with plain bargeboards and a bricked circular window feature. The centre of this elevation is recessed, with the eaves beam and its valance boards supported on a single wooden column. Minor later extensions have been added at each end.