Signal Box Approximately 50 Metres North of Chappel and Wakes Colne Railway Station is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. Signal box.
Signal Box Approximately 50 Metres North of Chappel and Wakes Colne Railway Station
- WRENN ID
- knotted-ledge-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Signal box
- OS grid reference
- TL 897 289
- Coordinates
- 51.9265, 0.75887
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The signal box, located approximately 50 meters north of Chappel and Wakes Colne Railway Station, dates from the late 19th century. It is timber framed and features painted weatherboarding along with a low pitched gabled slate roof. The upper floor has large pane double hung sash windows, and there is a timber staircase and access balcony at the south end. The gable ends have simple bargeboards and ventilation. The ground floor consists of a low room with large pane fixed lights facing the track side. The building has been recently restored.
Local climate
Signal Box Approximately 50 Metres North of Chappel and Wakes Colne Railway Station sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 650 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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