West Malling Station

West Malling Station is a railway station built in 1874 for the Sevenoaks, Maidstone and Tonbridge Railway, though the present building may be a few years later, replacing temporary structures. Constructed of red brick with a white brick plinth and dressings, the roof is slate with ridge tiles. The station comprises a two-story main range with single-story sections at each end.

The yard elevation has a six-bay front, divided into a four-bay station area and a two-bay projecting cross-wing, which served as the stationmaster's house. The ground floor of the station section features three doors and three windows arranged as Door: Window: Door: Window: Door: Window. The doors are half-glazed double doors with a two-pane light above, while the station’s windows are cross-framed casements with a 3 + 3 pane design. The stationmaster's house has a narrower pointed arch door and a sash window with a 1 over 1 pane arrangement. A continuous canopy, supported by brackets, extends over the first four station bays. A white brick band defines the house portion of the elevation. The upper floor has six pointed arch 1 over 1 pane sashes; the left-hand four are set within half-gables, featuring bargeboards with collars forming “A” shapes. The house gable displays bargeboards and a white brick roundel. Three tall ridge stacks with weathered caps are present, and a fourth stack arises from the house roof slope.

Attached to the left is a screen wall, incorporating a gable end with another ridge stack and bargeboards. The platform elevation presents four windows and two doors on the ground floor, arranged as Window: Door: Window: Window: Window: Door, all with flat heads. A sash window is positioned to the left, followed by casements matching those on the yard elevation. A fretted canopy, supported by decorative cast iron brackets and timber trusses, covers the entire front of the platform elevation. The upper floor mirrors the six windows seen on the yard elevation. A small, single-story, hipped roof wing is attached to the left, featuring a door, window, and a tall stack. A later gabled extension has been added to the right.

The interior of the station has not been inspected. The railway line was taken over by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway in 1879, which was subsequently amalgamated with the South Eastern Railway in 1899 to form the South Eastern and Chatham Railway.