Gorse Hill Bridges Signal Box

Gorse Hill Bridges Signal Box is a signal box built around 1870 by Saxby and Farmer for the Great Western Railway Company, specifically for the Broad Gauge. It features timber framing and weatherboarding, with an original zinc roof that is currently undergoing restoration as of June 1985. The structure retains its original studding with grooved weatherboarding and roofline. Modifications include a temporary base, and the original brick stack has been removed and boarded over, along with changes to the external stair and the installation of 5-light sliding sash windows. Inside, there is a Great Western 5-bar vertical frame and an instrument shelf, both designed by Saxby and Farmer. This signal box is significant as an example of the new semaphore signalling system introduced around 1870, with further modifications made by the company until 1913. It was relocated from Gorse Hill in Swindon and re-erected at its current site.