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
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 2013
- Type
- Signal box
- Address
- Grain Crossing Signal Box, A228, Isle of Grain, Kent, ME3 0AH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 863 752
- Coordinates
- 51.44591, 0.67973
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Grain Crossing Signal Box was built in 1882 for the South Eastern Railway by contractors Stevens & Sons. The windows were replaced in the later 20th century and are not of special interest.
The signal box is constructed of wood, clad in vertical boarding with a notch at the base of each board, covered by a raised strip or batten at the joints, and features two courses of horizontal weatherboarding at the base. It has a gabled slate roof.
The building has a single-storey operating room, with the base of the lever frame likely located below ground. There are two large bays on the north-east and south-west sides, and two narrower bays on the north-west and south-east ends.
The exterior features plain wooden bargeboards with finials on the end gables. The entrance is located at the north-west end, which has one window next to it. The north-east end has two large windows, now fixed casements, while the south-east end has one fixed casement window.
Inside, the signal box retains nine levers from a South Eastern Railway lever frame and a cast iron token machine. There is also an inspection hatch in the floor for maintaining the base of the frame and tappets.
Local climate
Grain Crossing Signal Box receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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