Building record 1302600000 - SIGNAL BOX, PRINCES RISBOROUGH
Summary
Early twentieth century Great Western Railway signal box at Princes Risborough, built in 1908.
Protected Status/Designation
- Listed Building (II) 1276408: SIGNAL BOX
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Type and Period (1)
- SIGNAL BOX (Built 1908, 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
Description
Grade II. Signal box. Built 1908. Red machine brick with blue brick quoins and dressings; timber-framed upper floor; hipped slate roof. Rectangular box with longer side facing the track. Two storeys. Ground floor of 9-window range with glazing bars to segmental-headed windows. Timber-framed upper floor is fully glazed on 3 sides, with horizontally-sliding windows. Bracketed eaves cornice. Open wooden stair on south side. Interior: originally housed 100 levers and housed the main line and three branch lines which radiate from Princes Risborough; many of the original levers survive. The Princes Risborough box is the largest and only unaltered example of a "Churchward" era GWR design box (B1).
Sources (1)
- <1>SBC22140 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Added 16th June 1988.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 79930 02966 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | PRINCES RISBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Mar 3 2015 10:38AM
