Worksop East Signal Box is a Grade II listed building in the Bassetlaw local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 1986. Signal box.
Worksop East Signal Box
- WRENN ID
- turning-bracket-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bassetlaw
- Constituency
- Bassetlaw MP: Jo White (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 May 1986
- Type
- Signal box
- Address
- Worksop East Signal Box, Carlton Road
- OS grid reference
- SK 586 797
- Coordinates
- 53.31112, -1.12141
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Worksop East Signal Box, built between 1880 and 1885 for the Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, is a Grade II listed structure. It features a timber frame with board cladding and a slate roof adorned with ornate bargeboards and finials. The west front includes a single plain sash window on the ground floor, a two-light sliding sash window, and an adjoining three-light window above, along with a small plain sash in the gable. The north front has a first-floor balcony with two central four-light windows, flanked by two-light sliding sash windows. The east front showcases an open wooden staircase leading to a part-glazed door, accompanied by a three-light sliding sash and a two-light sliding sash. Above, there is a small plain sash in the gable. This signal box is included for its group value.
Local climate
Worksop East Signal Box sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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