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Shildon Signal Box

A Grade II Listed Building in Shildon, County Durham

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.6258 / 54°37'32"N

Longitude: -1.6349 / 1°38'5"W

OS Eastings: 423668

OS Northings: 525689

OS Grid: NZ236256

Mapcode National: GBR KG0Y.VK

Mapcode Global: WHC58.VZNP

Plus Code: 9C6WJ9G8+82

Entry Name: Shildon Signal Box

Listing Date: 12 October 2004

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1390827

English Heritage Legacy ID: 491354

ID on this website: 101390827

Location: New Shildon, County Durham, DL4

County: County Durham

Civil Parish: Shildon

Built-Up Area: Shildon

Traditional County: Durham

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): County Durham

Church of England Parish: Shildon

Church of England Diocese: Durham

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Description


SHILDON

1029/0/10002 SPOUT LANE
12-OCT-04 SHILDON SIGNAL BOX

(Formerly listed as:
SPOUT LANE
SHILDON SIGNAL BOX AND ASSOCIATED BUIL
DINGS)

GV II
Signal box. 1887, altered 1928 and 1984. Built for the Central Division of the North-Eastern Railway Co. Ltd., possibly designed by the Thomas Prosser, architect to the NER. This box is a variant of the Central Division's Type C2 signal box. Red brick and timber with a slate roof. 2 storey.
North, track front, has two glazing bar windows, 3 x 3 panes, each set into a large blank panel. Above a projecting balcony with iron railings, and six windows in a row with timber boarded panels above. The outer two windows on either side are two light sliding sashes and the central two windows have fixed lights, both 3 x 3 panes.
East front has blank ground floor and two windows above, both 4 x 4 panes, with balcony.
South front to street has blank wall central projecting brick stack, the upper section rebuilt C20.
West front has external staircase leading to half-glazed door and two windows to left.
INTERIOR retains McKenzie & Holland pattern 16 frame lever system installed in 1928, and reduced from 55 levers to 42 levers in 1984.
This is a well designed signal box with group value and a well preserved, if reduced, lever frame for controlling and changing the points.

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