Waverley West Signal Box, Princes Street Gardens is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 June 2013. Signal box.

Waverley West Signal Box, Princes Street Gardens

WRENN ID
solitary-postern-moth
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
28 June 2013
Type
Signal box
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

London and North Eastern Railway Company, 1936. Long, symmetrical, 2-storey, 8-bay, power signal box with glazed projection to operation room. Reconstituted stone and concrete construction, built into siding wall to W of Waverley Station. To ground: pair of timber doors to outer bays with roll-moulded surrounds and small window lights flanking and linked by continous cill course. Upper level: tripartite windows above doors with offset recessed detail to each light with pilastered effect. 6-bay glazed projection to centre with canted corners; tripartite glazing pattern to each bay separated by reconstituted stone mullions. Flat roof with felt covering.

INTERIOR: Not seen (2012). Originally power frame signalling installation (1936).

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