Signal Box to the North of Track 480 Metres West of Butterley Station, and 30 Metres East of Asher Lane Railway Crossing is a Grade II listed building in the Amber Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1989. Signal box.
Signal Box to the North of Track 480 Metres West of Butterley Station, and 30 Metres East of Asher Lane Railway Crossing
- WRENN ID
- slow-keystone-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Amber Valley
- Constituency
- Amber Valley MP: Linsey Farnsworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 1989
- Type
- Signal box
- OS grid reference
- SK 398 519
- Coordinates
- 53.06312, -1.40701
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a signal box built around 1865, located to the north of the track, 480 metres west of Butterley Station and 30 metres east of Asher Lane Railway Crossing. It features an iron frame with wood plank cladding and a hipped Welsh slate roof topped with spike finials. The structure has cantilevered sections on both sides, with a balcony and glazing all around. It follows a standard Midland Railway design. The signal box was originally located in the Parish of Wigston, Leicestershire, but was moved in 1984 and is now a working signal box on the Midland Railway. It was previously listed on May 5, 1981, in the Borough of Oadby & Wigston, Leicestershire, and included in a list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest compiled on July 26, 1987.
Local climate
Signal Box to the North of Track 480 Metres West of Butterley Station, and 30 Metres East of Asher Lane Railway Crossing receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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