March East Junction Signal Box

PLAN: the signal box has a rectangular plan and is located to the east of the station.

MATERIALS: red brick under a slate-clad roof.

EXTERIOR: the box has one-storey and a basement, and is of more than usual height. The shallow-pitched roof has overhanging, decorated eaves with exposed rafters and ornamental ridge tiles. The timber bargeboards have decorative edging and the weather-boarding in the gable heads appears as a form of rustication. The building rests on a brick plinth and has pilasters at the corners. The top-floor room is accessed via an external flight of steps on the north side through a partly-glazed C20 door. At this level, three sides are glazed with a continuous band of large uPVC windows with a glazing bar pattern replicating the original design. A planked walkway with iron handrail runs around the three glazed sides, supported on exposed joists. At basement level the three windows on the south side with projecting lintels have been blocked up.

INTERIOR: The 1897 mechanical signal lever frame, comprising a series of hand operated levers extending the full length of the box, is in working order, although now supplemented by C21 electronic gear and track display screens.

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 30/11/2012