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| HER Number: | MDV111432 |
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| Name: | South Brent Signal Box |
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Summary
Disused brick and weatherboard Signal Box, of a Saxby 8 Farmer type 4 design (the only example of such a building in the National Park) dates from around 1875.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 698 602 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | South Brent |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SOUTH BRENT |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SIGNAL BOX (Built, XIX - 1870 AD to 1879 AD (Between))
Full description
Sisk Group, 12/08/2014, South Brent Signal Box (Ground Photograph). SDV358088.
External and internal photographic record.
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
A signal box ('S.B') is depicted to the north-west of the present signal box at SX69806030, on the other side of the tracks.
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
Signal Box ('S.B') shown.
South Brent Parish Council and the South Brent Action and Community Group, 2007, The Village Design Statement for South Brent, 24 (Report - Assessment). SDV359978.
Railway buildings of historic interest include the disused brick and weatherboard Signal Box, of a Saxby 8 Farmer type 4 design (the only example of such a building in the Dartmoor National Park) dating from around 1875 and the brick Engine Shed.
Dartmoor National Park Authority, 2011, South Brent Conservation Area Character Appraisal, 30 (Report - Assessment). SDV359515.
The signal box
The signal box was built sometime around the time of the amalgamation of the South Devon and Great Western Railways in 1876. It stands at the eastern end of the former station. It is a Saxby and Farmer type 4 signal box, constructed of brick, with weatherboarded gables, a slate roof and elongated iron spearhead finials at each end of the ridge. It is an important reminder of South Brent’s railway period.
McKay, K., 26/08/2014, South Brent Signal Box (Personal Comment). SDV358089.
The signal box has planning permission for demolition.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV358088 | Ground Photograph: Sisk Group. 12/08/2014. South Brent Signal Box. Digital. |
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| SDV358089 | Personal Comment: McKay, K.. 26/08/2014. South Brent Signal Box. |
| SDV359515 | Report - Assessment: Dartmoor National Park Authority. 2011. South Brent Conservation Area Character Appraisal. Dartmoor National Park Authority Report. Digital. 30. |
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| SDV359978 | Report - Assessment: South Brent Parish Council and the South Brent Action and Community Group. 2007. The Village Design Statement for South Brent. South Brent Parish Council. Digital. 24. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV22599 | Related to: South Devon Railway (Dartmoor section from Marley Head Tunnel to Bittaford) (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 31 2019 10:59AM |
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