Grain Crossing Signal Box is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 2013. A Victorian Signal box. 1 related planning application.
Grain Crossing Signal Box
- WRENN ID
- rooted-ledge-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Medway
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 2013
- Type
- Signal box
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Built in 1882 for the South Eastern Railway. The contractors were Stevens & Sons. The windows were replaced in the later C20 and are not of special interest.
MATERIALS: constructed of wood, clad in vertical boarding with a notch at the base of each board with a raised strip or batten covering the joints and two courses of horizontal weatherboarding at the base. Gabled slate roof.
PLAN: single-storey operating room with the base of the lever frame probably below the ground. Two large bays to north-east and south-west sides and two narrower bays to the north-west and south-east ends.
EXTERIOR: the end gables have plain wooden bargeboards with finials. The entrance is in the north-west end which has one window adjoining. The north-east end has two large windows, now fixed casements. The south-east end has one fixed casement window.
INTERIOR: retains 9 levers of a South Eastern Railway lever frame and a cast iron token machine. An inspection hatch in the floor was for the purpose of maintaining the base of the frame and tappets.
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