It is a shame, but that's 'progress'! Again it is a shame that this building couldn't have been used for southern railway in one form or another. I personally have not looked into this project, but i hope the building could be saved, saying that, I did see demolition in some of the photos. I hope not another grand example of Victorian brickwork gone. Writing this for my late cousin - BR Guard Richard Earl, as he showed me the area once.

Hello Andrew, Sadly the building has indeed been demolished. I went back to the site 1st November (from a safe distance this time!) and the only part of the building still in situ and relatively unscathed was the Wood Store so, sadly no, no-one thought it important enough to save which really gets me. There's an old saying: "you never know what you have 'til it's gone", and now more than ever, I think people are starting to realise this.  A good friend of mine has produced a DVD of the building being demolished as a kind of tribute (there is a lovely little touch at the end where he plays a clip backwards and some of the damage is magically undone, but I won't spoil it!) check out http://www.dumpman.co.uk/ for more details.  It's a really good thing that websites such as this are around, though. All the old ghosts come to life again.