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| Listed signal boxes 26/07/2013 at 11:17 #47600 | |
Zoe
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23451290 Twenty six signal boxes have been listed: North Hebden Bridge, Calderdale, West Yorkshire Hensall, Selby, North Yorkshire West Bournemouth West Junction, Poole, Dorset Lostwithiel, Restormel, Cornwall Marsh Brook, Shropshire Par, Restormel, Cornwall Totnes, S Hams, Devon East Brundall, Broadland, Norfolk Bury St Edmunds Yard, St Edmundsbury, Suffolk Downham Market, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk Skegness, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire Thetford, Breckland, Norfolk Wainfleet, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire Wymondham South Junction, South Norfolk, Norfolk South Aylesford, Tonbridge and Malling, Kent Canterbury East, Kent Cuxton, Medway, Kent Eastbourne, East Sussex Grain Crossing, Medway, Kent Littlehampton, West Sussex Liverpool Street, City of London Maidstone West, Maidstone, Kent Rye, Rother, East Sussex Shepherdswell, Dover, Kent Snodland, Tonbridge and Malling, Kent Wateringbury, Maidstone, Kent These are in addition to the signal boxes which already have listed status. Last edited: 26/07/2013 at 11:18 by Zoe Log in to reply |
| Listed signal boxes 26/07/2013 at 11:56 #47602 | |
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Neil
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Some more photos on the Telegraph site. http://tinyurl.com/mpd8vgt Log in to reply |
| Listed signal boxes 26/07/2013 at 12:03 #47603 | |
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kbarber
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" said:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23451290 The Bouncy Castle? Or the Met Rly box at the west end of the Outer Rail platform? The latter looks surprisingly good but is in need of some tlc. It would be good to find a use for it whereby any surviving equipment could be retained. The former isn't the most signalbox-like box but I suppose it is rather unique! Log in to reply |
| Listed signal boxes 26/07/2013 at 13:02 #47604 | |
postal
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Note the caveat within the article: "English Heritage said some of the listed buildings could be "rejuvenated" as cafes or museums, such as the 1923 signal box in Totnes, Devon.". Looks like the bricks and mortar have a measure of protection but the interesting bits seem to be more at risk. “In life, there is always someone out there, who won’t like you, for whatever reason, don’t let the insecurities in their lives affect yours.” – Rashida Rowe Log in to reply |
| Listed signal boxes 26/07/2013 at 13:22 #47606 | |
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Stephen Fulcher
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Out of use signal boxes abandoned on the railway tend to be stripped of equipment and then rot away. I know of a couple of places where the equipment was left in situ but still deteriorated in condition. I personally like to see the whole thing retained, but would also choose to retain the building over nothing every time. Log in to reply |
| Listed signal boxes 26/07/2013 at 14:17 #47608 | |
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Danny252
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" said:Out of use signal boxes abandoned on the railway tend to be stripped of equipment and then rot away. I know of a couple of places where the equipment was left in situ but still deteriorated in condition.And in the vast majority, about the only original equipment will be the frame - and even that is likely to have been completely redone "downstairs". Log in to reply |
| Listed signal boxes 27/07/2013 at 05:48 #47616 | |
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pilotman
189 posts |
Based on our experience with Horsted Keynes SB (which is listed Grade II) the listing only applies to the external features of the architecture. The signalling equipment is therefore not protected. Danny is quite right inasmuch as the frame at HK is the original 1882 Saxby & Farmer, (with a later 7 lever extension) but all the locking has been revamped more than once. Ray Log in to reply |
| Listed signal boxes 27/07/2013 at 06:53 #47619 | |
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Hooverman
306 posts |
" said:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23451290It's good to see my local signalbox make it to the list. A many happy days spent there in my youth, when i was a working lever frame box. Then going on to be working with it when I progressed to full employment, back in the the days of the double arrow. :-) Log in to reply |
| Listed signal boxes 27/07/2013 at 07:48 #47620 | |
Peter Bennet
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Well I've just come back from a few days "at home" in Broughty Ferry and they have "preserved" the old signal box in the middle of the Up platform. It was demolished a few years ago and stored but now reserected as part of a Restaurant (vacant). As you can see it's not exactly the same box though. http://gb.fotolibra.com/images/previews/482860-broughty-ferry-station-1991.jpeg http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/02/97/3029773_9a0f6ab5.jpg There is a lever frame of sorts visible through the platform level door (the levers were on the upper level when in operation). So its not really clear what they have preserved and what they have made up. Peter I identify as half man half biscuit - crumbs! Last edited: 27/07/2013 at 07:51 by Peter Bennet Reason: Better picture Log in to reply |
| Listed signal boxes 27/07/2013 at 10:05 #47624 | |
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Ron_J
331 posts |
The frame in the Ferry is the one from upstairs, but has been reassembled (by the firm who built the box) with the levers transposed, so number 1 is on the right as you look at it. It's also been set into concrete. The contracters simply burned the footbridge, which given the whole station including box and footbridge are category A listed, is verging on criminal. What a waste!
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| Listed signal boxes 27/07/2013 at 10:08 #47625 | |
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Ron_J
331 posts |
I meant to add that the box is almost entirely new; new wooden cladding on a new steel frame, with new windows and a new door. About the only original thing I can see on it is the name board.
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| Listed signal boxes 29/07/2013 at 12:12 #47697 | |
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GoochyB
222 posts |
Even listing is no guarantee of protection for the structure if it gets into the wrong hands: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-21955502
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| Listed signal boxes 29/07/2013 at 13:36 #47700 | |
outofsection
149 posts |
I'm gobsmacked that Shrewsbury box isn't listed as it's the biggest box still working and has been the biggest still working for quite a few years!
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| Listed signal boxes 29/07/2013 at 14:07 #47701 | |
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Phil-jmw
675 posts |
Severn Bridge Jn SB is already listed. This website shows it to have been listed on 23 January 1991:- http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-454643-severn-bridge-junction-signal-box-at-sj- Log in to reply The following user said thank you: outofsection |
