Ockley Railway Station, Rhumbles And The Coach House

Ockley Railway Station, comprising a former stationmaster's house (now Rhumbles), a former booking office (now the Coach House), and associated structures, was built in 1867 as a country station for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway line. A subway covering was added in 1892, a canopy extension around 1923, and a booking office extension in 1901, all matching the original style. Later 20th-century windows are also present.

The building is constructed of red brick with yellow brick dressings, polychrome yellow and black brickwork, and a slate roof. The two-storey, L-shaped stationmaster's house features a conservatory added in the late 20th century, a projecting gable with wooden bargeboards and a double chimneystack set at an angle, a yellow brick band and pilasters, a cambered first-floor window, and paired cambered ground-floor windows. The former booking hall, originally set back and L-shaped, was filled in by the 1901 extension. On the front is a single cambered sash with a central cambered doorcase to the left, and a gable end with bargeboards, yellow brick pilasters, and paired cambered sashes to the ground floor. A side elevation features one cambered window and a four-panel cambered door. Most rear elevation windows are original, with a few having frosted glass. The interior of the stationmaster's house retains a half-winder staircase and cambered brick fireplaces.

Attached to the rear is a six-bay wooden canopy with a fretted edge, supported on chamfered posts with chamfered brackets. Underground steps, covered by a wooden and glazed canopy dating to 1892, lead to a 1867 wooden shelter on the London-bound platform side. This shelter is one storey with three bays, featuring a frame of thin chamfered posts with a midrail, mullioned and transomed wooden surrounds to the windows, four brackets externally, and cladding of vertical planks. The interior has a built-in bench around all sides, also supported on wooden brackets; the central section had been removed at the time of inspection. The subway steps are covered under a wood and glazed canopy built in 1892. Original contract drawings from 1867 are held in Railtrack's archives.