Signal Box Approximately 80 Metres South of Former Oswestry Station is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 1986. Signal box. 1 related planning application.

Signal Box Approximately 80 Metres South of Former Oswestry Station

WRENN ID
other-gable-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 May 1986
Type
Signal box
OS grid reference
SJ 293 297
Coordinates
52.86021, -3.05055
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This signal box, located approximately 80 meters south of the former Oswestry Station, dates from the late 19th century and has undergone some alterations. It is constructed of red brick and features a slate roof topped with a pointed wooden finial. The structure has two levels, with four fixed-light windows on the upper level and two round-arched fixed-light windows below, one of which is blocked. There is a first-floor entrance on the left gable, accessed by a flight of wooden steps. This building is included for its group value.

Local climate

Signal Box Approximately 80 Metres South of Former Oswestry Station receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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