Wymondham South Junction Signal Box

Signal box built for the Great Eastern Railway in 1877.

MATERIALS: timber construction and slate roof covering.

PLAN: it is located a short distance to the west of the station at a point where the railway tracks fork into two, and is rectangular on plan.

EXTERIOR: the signal box has a pitched roof with exposed rafters at the eaves and plain bargeboards. It rests on a brick plinth and is clad in horizontal timber painted in green and pale yellow, the colours of the GER. The locking room is lit on the north side by a group of three horizontal, four-light windows with vertical glazing bars; and is accessed on the west side via the original timber door. The upper operating room is lit on all four sides by the original large sliding windows with vertical timber glazing bars: there are five four-light windows on the north and south sides, three three-light windows on the east side, and two three-light windows on the west side. It is accessed via a timber door with a glazed upper panel which is not original.

INTERIOR: the McKenzie and Holland 42 lever frame (of unknown date) is in situ. Secondary glazing has been fitted.