Garsdale Signal Box is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 August 2013. Railway signal box. 1 related planning application.
Garsdale Signal Box
- WRENN ID
- rooted-cornice-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 August 2013
- Type
- Railway signal box
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Garsdale Signal Box is a railway signal box built in 1910 for the Midland Railway. It is constructed of timber and features a Welsh slate roof.
The exterior consists of three bays and two storeys, topped with a shallow-pitched hipped roof adorned with turned-timber spike-finials. The first floor operating room has continuous glazing on the southeast side, which faces the tracks, and on both ends, while the rear wall is blind. Access to the signal box is through a doorway located in the southwest gable end, reached by an external flight of timber steps that rise from the station platform. These steps also provide access to a small modern extension with a gabled roof that contains a staff toilet. The signal box has modern replacement windows that replicate the original glazing pattern.
Inside, the signal box has been refurbished with a modern suspended ceiling but retains a Midland Railways lever frame with 33 levers. This lever frame has its interlocking mechanisms located within the operating room rather than in a lower room. The locking frame is positioned along the rear wall of the box, which may be its original location, as the Midland Railway began constructing boxes with rear frames from 1908, although it could also be a result of refurbishment.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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