27/05/2026
🏫 Building of the month! 🏫
Thomas Heskin Court / The Railway Arms / Inn / Hotel
The Railway arrived in Bishop's Stortford in 1842. Six years later, in 1848, the Railway Arms, on the corner of Station Road and London Road, opened. It had been built by James Patmore. He had previously been a Job Master, running a livery stable on Windhill.
He was offering every accommodation for horses, so a continuation of his earlier occupation as a Job Master. He had in 1844 already taken the extensive stabling occupied for many years by Mr Thomas Heskin, adjacent to the new station, advertising his services to those arriving by train.
Later, in 1887, and by now the Railway Hotel, it appears that the premises were owned by Sir Walter Gilbey. He had accumulated a lot of land in this area, in particular around Warwick Road, which he would go on to develop.
He commissioned a significant extension. The front wall of the original building was rendered with stone dressings at the corner, and extensive stabling was provided in the paddocks across the road.
Read more: https://southmillarts.co.uk/mays-building-of-the-month/
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