Signal Box is a Grade II listed building in the North Lincolnshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1995. Signal box.
Signal Box
- WRENN ID
- lost-kitchen-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Lincolnshire
- Constituency
- Scunthorpe MP: Sir Nicholas Dakin (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1995
- Type
- Signal box
- Address
- Signal Box, Gainthorpe Road, Hibaldstow
- OS grid reference
- SE 950 013
- Coordinates
- 53.50062, -0.56864
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a signal box constructed around 1880. It is made of timber and features a Welsh slate roof. This tall, three-storey structure has a single window on the ground floor facing the railway line, with a similar window directly above it. On the side, there is a two-flight wooden staircase that leads to a doorway at first floor level. The upper section of the box includes two 12-light windows facing the railway line and a single 12-light window on each of the side facades. The gables have small upper windows, barge boards, and finials. Additionally, the upper floor is surrounded by a continuous balcony on three sides.
Local climate
Signal Box receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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