Description

SE 91 SE APPLEBY ERMINE STREET (west side)

4/15 Appleby Signal Box approximately 10 metres north-east of level crossing II

The address shall be amended to read:- SE 91 SE APPLEBY ERMINE STREET (west side)

4/15 Appleby Signal Box approximately 10 metres north-west of level crossing

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SE 91 SE APPLEBY ERMINE STREET (west side) 4/15 Signal Box Appleby Signal Box approximately 10 metres north-east of level crossing II Railway signal box. Late C19 for Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company by the Railway Signal Company of Fazakerley, Liverpool. Timber frame, weatherboarded; Welsh slate roof. Cast-iron lever frame. Rectangular on plan. Entrances to left return (west side). South front, facing railway: 2 storeys, 2 bays. Ground floor: two 2-pane casements with sills. First floor: plank walkway on cast-iron brackets, iron handrail beneath full-width window with a central 24-pane window flanked by 4-pane sliding sashes to each end. Cast-iron gutter. Swept roof with ornate bargeboards and wooden finials. Iron stovepipe chimney to rear. Left return: board door to right; wooden staircase with plain treads, newel and handrail, rising to landing on right supported on cast-iron brackets, with enclosed lean-to porch, outer glazed door and half-glazed inner door. First floor: hinged plank walkway on brackets beneath full-width window with glazing bars incorporating sliding sashes similar to front; 4-pane attic casement. Right return has similar plank walkway, first-floor and attic windows; original nameboard with raised lettering APPLEBY LINCS. Rear has 4-pane casement to left, overlooking road. Interior contains original 23- lever frame bearing manufacturer's name, operated from first floor. Mechanism for operating level crossing gates for London and North Eastern Railway by the Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company has hand-wheel inscribed LNER 1942. Included (together with the nearby Elsham Signal Box approximately 5 miles south-east) as a representative example of the standard design of signal box (used 1881-1923) of the most successful signalling firm of the later pre-grouping period.

Listing NGR: SE9522612871

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)