Former signal box, north end of platform at Carnforth Station, NGR SD 49692 70834 is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1983. Signal box.

Former signal box, north end of platform at Carnforth Station, NGR SD 49692 70834

WRENN ID
worn-threshold-heath
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 November 1983
Type
Signal box
OS grid reference
SD 496 708
Coordinates
54.13089, -2.77138
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former signal box at the north end of the platform at Carnforth Station was opened on 30th January 1882. It is constructed of coursed York stone with sandstone dressings and features a slate roof. The building has two storeys. The west wall includes three blocked chamfered windows on the ground floor, topped by a corbel table. On the first floor, there are three mullioned and transomed windows with pointed heads. The gables have copings, with the southern gable featuring a round decorated chimney cap on an octagonal base and a blocked shouldered opening on the ground floor. The first floor also has a central round decorated panel, likely once housing a clock, flanked by double chamfered windows. Above this is the weathering for the station canopy that once connected to the signal box. The east wall mirrors the west wall in design. The north gable has a chamfered door surround on the ground floor and an eight-light mullioned and transomed window with pointed heads on the first floor, although two of the upper lights are blank. Above this window is a panel displaying the carved coat of arms of the Cavendish family, accompanied by the motto 'Cavendo Tutus'. The signal box was closed on 22nd October 1903.

Local climate

Former signal box, north end of platform at Carnforth Station, NGR SD 49692 70834 sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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