Bootle Signal Box is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 2013. Signal box. 1 related planning application.

Bootle Signal Box

WRENN ID
gaunt-pavement-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 November 2013
Type
Signal box
Address
Bootle Signal Box, LA19 5TA
OS grid reference
SD 093 893
Coordinates
54.29143, -3.39404
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bootle Signal Box is a railway signal box built in 1874 for the Furness Railway, designed in the Furness Railway Type 1 style. The building is constructed from red sandstone rock-faced ashlar and features a Welsh slate roof with round ridge tiles along the ridge and hips.

The exterior presents a small, squat structure with two bays and a low-pitched hipped roof. Access to the raised operating floor is provided by modern external steps located on the north side. The front and sides are fully glazed with modern replacement window units that include top-lights above. At the rear, there is a projecting chimney stack that has been truncated to just above the eaves height.

Inside, the signal box retains a London Midland Region lever frame consisting of 15 levers, which was installed in 1977.

Local climate

Bootle Signal Box sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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