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Summary

The last surviving signal box of the Bristol and Exeter railway. Built circa 1874.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1262013: STOKE CANON CROSSING BOX

Other References/Statuses

• Old Listed Building Ref (II): 86133

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• SIGNAL BOX (Built, XIX - 1850 AD (Between) to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

Child, P., 1993, Stoke Canon signal box (Ground Photograph). SDV365591.

Payne, A., 2001, Stoke Canon: Signal Box (Correspondence). SDV347021.

English Heritage, 2011, Historic Houses Register (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV346128.

Stoke Canon Crossing Box.
Signal box. Circa 1874 by Saxby and Farmer for the Bristol and Exeter Railway. Brick, timber framed slate roof. Rectangular box with longer side facing the track. Two storeys. The ground floor is red brick with three small segmental headed windows facing the track. The upper floor is timber framed and glazed on three sides. The track side has sliding windows of three vertical panes with central mullion, four horizontal strip lights above. Bracketed cornice, hipped roof with central vent. Open wooden stair on north side with later porch.
Interior has an interlocking frame of Saxby and Farmer type 4.
The last surviving Bristol and Exeter Signal Box.

Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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