Signal Box is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 June 1988. Signal box. 1 related planning application.
Signal Box
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-gargoyle-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 June 1988
- Type
- Signal box
- Address
- Signal Box, Princes Risborough, HP27 9DN
- OS grid reference
- SP 799 029
- Coordinates
- 51.71972, -0.8443
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The signal box, built in 1908, is a notable structure located in Princes Risborough. It is constructed of red machine brick with blue brick quoins and dressings, featuring a timber-framed upper floor and a hipped slate roof. The building is rectangular, with the longer side oriented towards the track, and consists of two storeys. The ground floor has a nine-window range with glazing bars on segmental-headed windows. The upper floor, which is fully glazed on three sides, has horizontally-sliding windows and a bracketed eaves cornice. An open wooden stair is located on the south side.
Inside, the signal box originally housed 100 levers and managed the main line along with three branch lines radiating from Princes Risborough; many of the original levers are still present. This signal box is the largest and only unaltered example of a "Churchward" era Great Western Railway design box.
Local climate
Signal Box sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- 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
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings