The building in the neoclassical style was designed by Sir William Tite.

The station was inconveniently situated for travel to central London, with the necessity to complete the journey by road or by the steam boats connecting the station to points between Vauxhall and London Bridge.

[1] The station was closed to passengers from 11 July 1848 when the L&SWR opened its metropolitan extension, the Nine Elms to Waterloo Viaduct from Nine Elms to Waterloo (then called Waterloo Bridge Station), and the area adjacent to the station housed the L&SWR's carriage and wagon works until their relocation to Eastleigh in 1909.

[2] After closure to passengers the station and surrounding tracks continued in use for goods traffic.

[3] The site became the flower section of the New Covent Garden Market in 1974.