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Bow Road London Transport Underground Station

A Grade II Listed Building in Bromley North, London

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5269 / 51°31'36"N

Longitude: -0.0248 / 0°1'29"W

OS Eastings: 537114

OS Northings: 182736

OS Grid: TQ371827

Mapcode National: GBR K3.JDP

Mapcode Global: VHGQV.JW7C

Plus Code: 9C3XGXGG+Q3

Entry Name: Bow Road London Transport Underground Station

Listing Date: 27 September 1973

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1357787

English Heritage Legacy ID: 205786

Also known as: Bow Road Underground station

ID on this website: 101357787

Location: Bromley, Tower Hamlets, London, E3

County: London

District: Tower Hamlets

Electoral Ward/Division: Bromley North

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Tower Hamlets

Traditional County: Middlesex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: St Mary Bow and Holy Trinity

Church of England Diocese: London

Tagged with: Underground railway station London Underground station

Description


BOW ROAD E3 1. 4431 (South Side) Bow Road London Transport Underground Station TQ 3782 12/291 II GV 2. Mid/later C19 station. Exterior facade to Bow Road of red brick, with stone eaves cornice and brick blocking course. Hipped slate roof. Alternate round arched doors, with terra cotta architraves and keystones. Band above. Panelled doors with fanlights, 4 light windows. Inside, wooden bridge (enclosed) across platforms and wooden platform canopy, supported by large, cast iron, wall brackets. Barrel vaulted brick roof extends under road, vaulting supported on cast iron beams and on large cast iron pillars which extend in a line, following the curve of both platforms back into the tunnel. 12 columns on one platform, 14 on the other. Sexagonal, with engaged shafts at each angle, panelled plinths and capitals. Painted cream.

Bow Road Underground Station, Nos 48-56 (even) with the front boundary wall form a group.

Listing NGR: TQ3711482736

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