Skegness Signal Box

Type 1 Great Northern Railway signal box, built in 1882 and extended in 1900; timber with slate roof.

EXTERIOR: the signal box is rectangular in plan, of six bays but originally five, of timber frame construction, with a steeply pitched roof edged with decorative bargeboards, and finials to the gable ends. The locking room has two 18-pane, Yorkshire sash windows to the south-east elevation and three small windows to the north-west. The operations room has a Yorkshire sash window to each bay almost the full height of the room to the south-east elevation and to half the south-west gable end, creating an almost continuous run of glazing. The two outer bays have 6x6 panes compared to the 12x12 of the central four windows. The north-west elevation has a run of narrower 6x6 Yorkshire sashes. Access to the operations room is by external timber steps to the north-east gable end, while access to the locking room is through the south-west gable end.

INTERIOR: the operations room contains a lever frame with block shelf and equipment above. There are built-in cupboards against the north-west wall. The locking room has a brick floor. The original signalling mechanism remains in place.