Arbroath North Signal Box, Arbroath is a Grade B listed building in the Angus local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 June 2013. Signal box, footbridge. 2 related planning applications.
Arbroath North Signal Box, Arbroath
- WRENN ID
- weathered-lantern-hawthorn
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Angus
- Constituency
- Arbroath and Broughty Ferry MP: Lara Bird (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 28 June 2013
- Type
- Signal box, footbridge
- OS grid reference
- NO 639 412
- Coordinates
- 56.56202, -2.58881
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Arbroath North Signal Box, built in 1911 by the North British Railway Company, is a large, two-storey structure with a rectangular plan and a piended roof. The base is made of tall, narrow brick and features three segmental-arched windows. The signal cabin above is supported by nine metal trusses that extend over the base to the west. There is a cast-iron walkway on the north, west, and south elevations of the signal cabin.
On the south elevation, a timber dog-leg stair with brick support leads up to a projecting timber entrance porch, with a locking room door located below. The east elevation, or rear, is made of red brick and reaches full height, containing four small segmental-arched windows that light the upper part of the locking room. A corbelled-out chimney stack is positioned at the top right, with cabin glazing extending back to the outer right from the north elevation. A single-storey lean-to outshot is attached to the north elevation.
The timber windows on the base have a six-pane glazing pattern, and the roof is covered with slate. However, the signal cabin has non-traditional replacement windows.
Inside, the signal box contains a 72 lever frame made by Stevens and Son, along with various signalling equipment, and later panel signal equipment is located to the north.
Additionally, there is a large cast-iron railway footbridge from 1911, featuring a lattice girder balustrade, which spans the level crossing nearby.
Local climate
Arbroath North Signal Box, Arbroath sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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