Station Cottages March 2008

Station Cottages were built in the mid 1850s to house staff working on the railway at Southill Station|. In 1927 Southill was valued under the 1925 Rating Valuation Act; every piece of land and building in the country was assessed to determine the rates to be paid on it. The valuer visiting Station Cottages [DV1/A24/3] noted that they were semi-detached and both were owned, naturally enough, by the London Midland Scottish Railway Company. One was tenanted by L.G.Thompson the other by B.Keep. The two properties were identical, both comprising a living room, kitchen and three bedrooms ("2 of them small") with a barn ad earth closet outside. The valuer commented: "Very good cottages".

Since the closure of the railway in 1962 the cottages have become private dwellings.