Signal Box and Attached Walling at Askam in Furness Railway Station is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1989. A Late C19 Signal box.

Signal Box and Attached Walling at Askam in Furness Railway Station

WRENN ID
solemn-banister-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 January 1989
Type
Signal box
Address
Signal Box and Attached Walling at Askam in Furness Railway Station, Duddon Road, Askam and Ireleth
OS grid reference
SD 214 776
Coordinates
54.18881, -3.20478
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The signal box and attached walling at Askam in Furness Railway Station date from the late 19th century. They are constructed from red sandstone rubble, with the signal box featuring part-glazed and part-timbered sections and a slate roof adorned with terracotta cresting. The walls enclose the south-west end of the platform, with the signal box positioned at the angle. The wall has chamfered coping. The signal box is a single storey with a basement, which includes three basement windows on the platform side. The box has a glazed section with a cross-timbered panel on the east side, a north-facing door accessed by external steps, and an external corbelled stack on the west side, topped with a hipped roof. These structures are part of a group with other station buildings.

Local climate

Signal Box and Attached Walling at Askam in Furness Railway Station sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,670 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 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% 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 0.3°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.

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