Daisyfield Signal Box

Railway signal box, 1873, for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway by Saxby and Farmer. Saxby and Farmer Type 6 design of circa 1869.

MATERIALS: brick with Welsh slate roof.

EXTERIOR: simple, plainly detailed, two-storey signal box with small footprint and a low pitched hipped roof. Entrances to both the lower (locking room) and upper (operating) floor are via doorways on the southern side. The front (western half) is continuously glazed with short, uPVC windows. The original front windows consisted of two groups of three sashes, the central to each group being fixed, the remainder being horizontally sliding, all sashes being subdivided with glazing bars. The modern windows respect the original openings but are of a different pattern. The locking-room windows have also been replaced, but retain the original openings with their segmental heads. The staircase with toilet extension on the top landing is modern.

INTERIOR: the signal box retains a lever frame, however this is a reconditioned Lancashire and Yorkshire Railways frame that was installed at Daisyfield in 1943.