Parbold Cabin Signal Box is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1988. Signal box.

Parbold Cabin Signal Box

WRENN ID
noble-keep-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 August 1988
Type
Signal box
Address
Parbold Cabin Signal Box, Station Road
OS grid reference
SD 491 107
Coordinates
53.59074, -2.77025
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Parbold Cabin Signal Box is a signal box built in 1877 on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway's Wigan to Southport line, which was opened in 1855. It features a rectangular plan and is constructed from brick and timber, topped with a hipped slate roof. The base and north wall are made of brick, and the south side has three low windows with segmental arches. Above these, there are two rows of glazing, with the upper row consisting of horizontal sashes. The building has curved eaves brackets and external timber steps on the east side, along with a chimney on the north. This signal box is a Saxby and Farmer Type 9 and was fitted with a new locking frame in 1983.

Local climate

Parbold Cabin Signal Box sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Parbold Mill Grade II 242 m
  2. Newburgh Aqueduct, Leeds and Liverpool Canal Grade II 324 m
  3. Alder Lane Bridge (Number 38) Leeds and Liverpool Canal Alder Lane Bridge (Number 38) Grade II 405 m
  4. Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady and All Saints Grade II 424 m
  5. Boundary Farmhouse Grade II 524 m
  6. Farm Building to West of Boundary Farmhouse Grade II 536 m
  7. Brookside Grade II 649 m
  8. Greystones Grade II 667 m
  9. Sherleen Wayside Grade II 701 m
  10. Greenhill Farmhouse Grade II 716 m