Signal Box at North Howden Station is a Grade II listed building in the East Riding of Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1989. Signal box. 1 related planning application.
Signal Box at North Howden Station
- WRENN ID
- sharp-flue-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Goole and Pocklington MP: David Davis (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 December 1989
- Type
- Signal box
- Address
- Signal Box at North Howden Station, Station Road
- OS grid reference
- SE 752 304
- Coordinates
- 53.76469, -0.86035
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The signal box at North Howden Station, built in 1873 for the North Eastern Railway, Southern Division, is a type 1A structure. It features a red brick exterior with a slate roof that has overhanging eaves and finials, along with a single lateral chimney stack. The building is two stories tall, with a brick plinth and an ashlar band at the first floor. The upper floor is accentuated by projecting corner pilasters.
On the west front, there is a single round-headed window with glazing bars situated above a large sliding sash window. The north front includes two round-headed windows with glazing bars above three sliding sashes, the one on the right being taller, all featuring glazing bar sashes. The east front has a plank door and a half-glazed door above, which is accessed by an external flight of wooden steps, along with a sliding sash window that also has glazing bars. The signal box is included for its group value.
Local climate
Signal Box at North Howden Station sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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