Signal Box at Chathill Station is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1973. Signal box. 2 related planning applications.

Signal Box at Chathill Station

WRENN ID
lunar-gargoyle-larch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 November 1973
Type
Signal box
Address
Signal Box at Chathill Station, Ellingham
OS grid reference
NU 186 270
Coordinates
55.5364, -1.70612
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The signal box at Chathill Station is a late 19th-century structure built from rock-faced stone and topped with a Welsh slate roof. It stands two storeys tall, with a blank ground floor and an upper floor featuring continuous glazing made up of small-paned fixed windows. There is a 20th-century iron balcony and a hipped roof. A boarded door is located on the left side, while 20th-century iron steps are found on the right side. At the rear, there is a 20th-century brick extension that is not considered of special interest.

Local climate

Signal Box at Chathill Station receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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