Torre Signal Box is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 2013. Signal box.

Torre Signal Box

WRENN ID
woven-belfry-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torbay
Constituency
Torbay MP: Steve Darling (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 June 2013
Type
Signal box
OS grid reference
SX 903 648
Coordinates
50.47311, -3.54683
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Torre Signal Box is a three-storey structure built from English-bond red brick, featuring blue engineering brick detailing around the windows, plinth, and quoins. The roof is covered in slate and the building has a rectangular plan.

The front, which faces the tracks, is symmetrical with three bays. The ground floor has a row of six-pane windows, while the first floor features three larger nine-pane windows. The second floor is clad in weatherboarding and includes a continuous observation window made up of sliding timber casements that extend around the sides to the rear. The south-east side has a ground-floor door and an additional six-pane casement window. At the rear, there are three nine-pane windows on the first floor and a small window to the right. The north-west side has another entrance door and steps leading from the basement to the platform. As of 2013, all windows and entrances are boarded over. The shallow-pitched, hipped roof has bracketed eaves and two ventilators on the ridge.

Inside, a theft in 2004 resulted in the loss of some operational equipment. There is an internal stair at the north end. The ground floor is split over two levels and includes a battery store. The first floor has most of the original equipment removed and is largely empty except for a WC. The second floor still retains the signal levers and an original stove, as of 2010.

Local climate

Torre Signal Box receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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