In total, Myres designed 18 stations for the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway in the 1880s, including those on the new lines from
Hailsham to Eridge (opened 1880),
Chichester to Midhurst (opened 1881),
Lewes to East Grinstead (opened 1882) and
Haywards Heath to Horsted Keynes (opened 1883). The stations designed by Myres have been described as "distinctive and unnecessarily large", and as "amongst the most ornate provided by the Brighton company" which "blended well with their rustic surroundings". They were built in an "Old English" style, based on a standard design and were built of red brick with steep tiled roof and gables with elaborate bargeboards. The standard details included
oriel windows,
pargetting with flower designs and mock-Tudor timber on the first floors, elaborate carved porches at the entrance to the booking hall, with stained glass panels. Over the years, the mock timber was generally covered with hung tiles to prevent damp penetrating. The stations featured "commodious" platform canopies, clad in zinc and supported by columns, made from either cast iron or timber, some with "particularly elegant" ironwork. Where possible, the standard Myres layout comprised a large L-shaped two-storey stationmaster's house, connected to a single-storey booking office, waiting rooms, lavatories etc., although the design needed to be adapted for stations on unlevel ground where the platform was either above or below road level, or on split levels. Many of the stations were decorated with a company monogram alongside the date of the building: examples include those at Lavant, Singleton and Sheffield Park. The restored former Barcombe station shows a particularly fine example. The station was built by James Longley of Turners Hill at a cost of £8,416. This station was demolished in 1973 and replaced with a "truly awful" modern structure. in the event, this design was not accepted and in July 2013, a new station was opened with a more modern "state of the art" building.
Hailsham to Eridge (Cuckoo Line) The line from to was opened in 1880, with Myres being responsible for the design of all five intermediate stations, which were built by James Longley & Co. of Crawley. The stations at and were both of the standard Myres design, while that at had the platforms in a cutting with the booking office and
stationmaster's house at road level, at right angles to the tracks. and were also built to the standard design, with the addition of a refreshment room in the "business" end. According to the company minutes, Mayfield station was built by James Longley at a cost of £3,190. The line, which acquired the name "The
Cuckoo Line", was closed in 1965 although much of the track bed is now used for the
Cuckoo Trail long-distance footpath. Horam station has now been demolished and the site is now lost under a housing estate, although parts of the platform remain. At Heathfield, the booking office is occupied by a restaurant offering Greek cuisine, while the stationmasters's house is a private residence. The platforms and platform buildings have been demolished. The former Mayfield station is also a private residence, situated on a high bank adjacent to the
Mayfield bypass (A267). At Rotherfield, the station buildings have been split into two residences with the platform canopy on the main building being retained and a swimming pool between the platforms. Following the opening of the line to , station was rebuilt in 1880 to convert it into a junction station. Although not designed by Myres, the station does contain two Myres' features – the booking office doors and the stone mullion windows on the north side.
Chichester to Midhurst The year after the Hailsham line was opened, the LB&SCR opened the line between Chichester and Midhurst with three intermediate stations; these and the new station at were all designed by Myres. was built in a cutting and, as a result, the platform buildings were in effect a basement to the main buildings at road level and thus the station appeared to be on three storeys from the trackside. The two levels were connected by a wooden staircase under the canopy, with a separate luggage chute on the southern side. has been described as "the most lavish station on the line" and as "most unnecessarily extravagant", being built with four platforms, arranged as two islands, as well as two
signal boxes, a goods shed and a
turntable. The railway company anticipated substantial business from
Goodwood Racecourse and provided facilities to cater for horseboxes as well as additional trains bringing racegoers. The station building was situated at the end of a tree-lined avenue from the village of
West Dean. The tracks were at a higher level than the station buildings which were surrounded on three sides by high retaining walls, with access to the island platforms by subway. To the left of the main building, there was a large toilet block in addition to those on the platforms, built solely for the benefit of the racegoers. was built on the level to a "standard" Myres design with a particularly elegant porch with flower motifs in the rendering and panels. On opening of the branch, a new station was built at to replace that built in 1866 as the terminus of the line from , with the station buildings on the northern, up, platform. The station also included a refreshment building. The line was closed to passenger traffic in 1935 although freight services continued until 1951 on the northern section and to Lavant until 1970. Following closure, Lavant station was sold and converted into flats, although the canopy was dismantled and sold to the Bluebell Railway for re-erection at . The former Singleton station was for many years occupied by Chilsdown Vineyards, operated by Ian and Andrew Paget, who started producing wine in 1974. The vineyard ceased trading in 2011 and the property is now owned by
West Dean Estate and is occupied as a private residence. Cocking station is also occupied as a private residence, having lost its canopy and had a first floor extension above the former booking office. Cocking retains the half timbered first floor which has been copied in the later extension. Midhurst station has been demolished and the site is now occupied by a housing estate.
Lewes to East Grinstead (Bluebell Line) The third new line to be opened in Sussex in the early 1880s was that opened in 1882 to connect
Lewes, the
county town of
East Sussex, to
East Grinstead from where there were already lines to London. At , this necessitated the building of a new station (to replace the station built in 1866) which would serve the new line as well as the existing
Three Bridges to Tunbridge Wells Central Line and the
line to Oxted and which opened in 1884. The new station was built on two levels by Joseph Firbank to the designs of Myres and was estimated at £17,000. When completed, this station had six platform faces, with four at the high level and two at right angles serving the Lewes and Oxted lines, which met at an end-on junction. The station was the largest designed by Myres with a double sized station house on the lower level, which had an upper timber storey with plaster infill (later covered with hung tiles) with impressed flower patterns. It was a substantial structure with refreshment rooms on both levels, with that on the low level said to house a billiards room for travellers. An 1885 publication about East Grinstead described the station as "very commodious and convenient" and "a pleasing object" with "embankments on the outside planted with shrubs and flowers". Six stations were built between East Grinstead and Lewes, all of which were constructed by Firbank; other than they were all to the standard Myres design, with minor detail differences. Newick & Chailey was built in a cutting under the
Haywards Heath to
Uckfield road (now the
A272). After a long dispute with rail users, the line between Lewes and East Grinstead was closed by British Railways in 1958. Following closure, East Grinstead station was rebuilt with all the Myres buildings being demolished and replaced by a prefabricated
CLASP structure opened in 1972 immediately south of the old building. No. 323 at Sheffield Park The line between Sheffield Park and Horsted Keynes was re-opened by the
Bluebell Railway Preservation Society in 1962; in March 2013, the society re-opened the line to East Grinstead, with their own separate station south of the mainline station. The line south of Sheffield Park has been abandoned, although the society has long-term plans to re-open this. including a replica of the waiting shelter to replace that which had been demolished. The station at was demolished in September 1967 although the site was acquired by the Bluebell Railway in 1974. Despite the closure of the line from Lewes to East Grinstead in 1958, station remained open as the terminus of the line from . By the time this line had closed in 1963, the Bluebell Railway was operating trains into the station from . The station has been restored to reflect the 1920s, when it was operated by the
Southern Railway and the main station building is a Grade II
listed building. The station buildings are standard Myres design with a two-storey stationmaster's house with brick ground floor and tilehung first floor and a single-storey booking hall to the left. The booking hall has a decorated wooden gabled porch with stained glass windows. is the southern terminus of the Bluebell Railway and has been restored to reflect operations shortly after it was opened in the 1880s, although many later buildings have been added including a locomotive shed, museum etc. South of Sheffield Park, the line is abandoned and the station at has been demolished with the site being incorporated into neighbouring gardens. although the track bed has been infilled.
Haywards Heath to Horsted Keynes In 1883, the LB&SCR built a line to connect Horsted Keynes with Haywards Heath with one intermediate station at . The stationmaster's house and booking office were built at road level at right angles to the platforms with the line passing under the road in a cutting. The upper storey is decoratively timbered with plaster patterning (flower patterns in black on a white background) and projecting slightly. Following closure of the line in 1963, the platforms were removed and the site is now occupied by an aggregates depot although the roadside buildings remain and are now a private residence. The Bluebell Railway have medium to long-term plans to re-open the line from Horsted Keynes to Ardingly and on to Haywards Heath. and second as
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