About this Site

The purpose of this website is to share the research I have carried out over the years into the second station at Lewesand its translation into 3D CAD and 4mm to the Foot physical models.

Lewes station is a major junction station with a long history of development. The first station was a terminus built in 1846. In 1857 the site of the station was moved westward and located on the junction of lines from London and Brighton. In 1889 this station was demolished and the current station built on the same location but with major rearrangement of the trackwork and platforms. 

My primary interest is in the 1857 station from both a historical photographic and a railway modelling viewpoint. To support the railway modelling I started developing 3D CAD models of the structures which over time became a primary area of activity in its own right with the physical modelling only seriously starting in 2020. Although there are structures still to be modelled I feel there is enough material to share CAD renderings of the models completed to date with people who are similarly interested in this period.

Note: I have not found any architectural drawings from the period therefore the models are my interpretation using photographs and large scale maps of the period to estimate dimensions and materials.