following his appointment to the ger in 1883 ashbee started to adopt the "domestic revival" style of architecture which had been used by the london, brighton and south coast railway on its new lines in sussex in the early 1880s. his earliest work in this style was the up side at ingatestone railway station in 1884/5, followed by wivenhoe and frinton stations in 1886 and 1888.