Inclined Tramway (Upper Building)

The Inclined Tramway (upper building) in Saltburn is a Grade II* listed brakeman's cabin constructed in 1884. Designed by the engineers at Head Wrightson for the Owners of the Saltburn Estates, this structure features a timber frame with painted board infill and a roof made of light grey slates topped with a grey tile ridge.

The exterior includes a gable facing the street, which has a two-panelled door with diagonal bracing in the lower panels, surrounded by framing. The low-pitched roof is adorned with pendant bargeboards and a tall turned wood spike finial. The gable facing the incline has a similar design. The returns of the building display diagonal bracing in the lower panels, blank upper panels, and two-light casement windows.

The interior of the building has not been inspected. Historically, this tramway was constructed based on Head Wrightson's expertise with blast furnace hoists. George Marks from Tangye and Marks' Lifting Machinery Depot was also involved in its creation. It is notable for being the third such system in Britain and the earliest to survive, as the first two were demolished and located in Scarborough. A cistern beneath the building holds the water supply, which the brakeman uses to regulate the speed and water supply to the carriages through a hydraulic traction system connected to the engine house at the lower building.