Ecclesfield Signal Box on Railway Lane

ECCLESFIELD SIGNAL BOX ON RAILWAY LANE, STATION ROAD

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1240614
Date first listed:
22-May-1990
List Entry Name:
Ecclesfield Signal Box on Railway Lane
Statutory Address:
ECCLESFIELD SIGNAL BOX ON RAILWAY LANE, STATION ROAD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1240614
Date first listed:
22-May-1990
List Entry Name:
Ecclesfield Signal Box on Railway Lane
Statutory Address 1:
ECCLESFIELD SIGNAL BOX ON RAILWAY LANE, STATION ROAD

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
ECCLESFIELD SIGNAL BOX ON RAILWAY LANE, STATION ROAD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Sheffield (Metropolitan Authority)
Parish:
Ecclesfield
National Grid Reference:
SK3654794112

Details

SK 39 SE
SK 3654 9411
11/153

ECCLESFIELD
STATION ROAD
(south side), off
Ecclesfield Signal Box on Railwlay Lane

II

Midland Railway signal box. Late C19. Timber frame with horizontal and
vertical board cladding, Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, single cell. Horizontal
boarding to ground floor, vertical boarding above. Windows are wood-framed with
shouldered heads and small-pane glazing. South-east side: board door on left,
window on right. Steps up to 1st floor door flanked by windows. Name board at
eaves on right. Oversailing hipped roof with apex finial. Railway side blind
on ground floor; with continuous glazing fronted by balcony above. North-west
side: two ground-floor windows. Interior: Switching gear removed c1977, but
bench box survives.

Listing NGR: SK3654794112

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
382379
Legacy System:
LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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