Station Name: LOW STREET Two terraces of railway staff cottages were provided at Low Street. One terrace of 4 cottages, seen here, was close to the junction with the up sidings. It was built in the 1880s and was similar to other staff cottages provided by the LT&SR including cottages still in occupation at Purfleet. The cottages stood empty of many years but have recently been gutted by fire and are now a derelict shell. The second and long demolished cottages once stood opposite and to the west of what became the oil storage facility. These cottages are something of a mystery as they predated the laying of the sidings and stood on what was then a fairly isolated patch of land. Certain maps mark them as being railway cottages but only after the sidings were laid, suggesting they were taken over by the railway.
Photo from John Smith collection at Tilbury & Chadwell memories
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