Totnes Signal Box

MATERIALS: constructed of red brick with dressings of black brick. The hipped roof is clad in slate with eaves brackets and ventilators to the ridge.

DESCRIPTION: it is rectangular on plan and of two storeys. The principal elevation faces south-east onto the tracks and its upper floor has splayed corners to give better visibility down the platform. The former operating room on the first floor has continuous glazing to both this elevation and the most of the north-east end. The windows are timber horizontal sliding sashes, all subdivided with glazing bars, and are slightly jettied, being supported on brackets. Towards the right of centre is a projecting bay with two sets of paired sliding sashes within a timber surround that has panelling below the windows. The ground floor has five regularly-spaced windows under segmental heads; the surrounds in contrasting black brick. The lower courses of the brickwork and the corners to the front elevation are also of contrasting brick. A doorway in the south-west side wall which is accessed by a modern steel staircase provides access to the former operating room. Internally, the operating equipment, including the lever frame, has been removed.