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Severn Bridge Junction Signal Box at SJ 496 126

A Grade II Listed Building in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

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Latitude: 52.7094 / 52°42'33"N

Longitude: -2.746 / 2°44'45"W

OS Eastings: 349697

OS Northings: 312678

OS Grid: SJ496126

Mapcode National: GBR BJ.2BNS

Mapcode Global: WH8BT.S5L7

Plus Code: 9C4VP753+QJ

Entry Name: Severn Bridge Junction Signal Box at SJ 496 126

Listing Date: 23 January 1991

Last Amended: 17 November 1995

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1271480

English Heritage Legacy ID: 454643

ID on this website: 101271480

Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2

County: Shropshire

Civil Parish: Shrewsbury

Built-Up Area: Shrewsbury

Traditional County: Shropshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire

Church of England Parish: Shrewsbury Holy Cross

Church of England Diocese: Lichfield

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Description



SHREWSBURY

SJ4912NE Severn Bridge Junction Signal Box at
653-1/12/4 SJ 496 126
23/01/91
(Formerly Listed as:
Severn Bridge Junction Box)

GV II

Signal box, LNWR type 4. 1903. For The London and North
Western and Great Western Railway Joint Committee. Brick with
glazed timber upper storey; gabled Welsh slate roof. Narrow
rectangular plan. 3 storeys. 6-bay range housing locking room
with interlocking frame, and operating floor above. Blocked
ground-floor windows and small segmental-arched one-light
first-floor windows set in recessed panels with dentilled
cornicing; brackets to walkway set around cabin of operating
floor, which has horizontally sliding sashes. Gable end entry.
INTERIOR: interlocking frame of 180 levers, of London and
North Western Railway design, and block instruments on shelf.
Part of an outstanding group of buildings including Shrewsbury
Railway Station (qv) and Crewe Junction Signal Box (qv), built
as part of a single improvement scheme for Shrewsbury Station.


Listing NGR: SJ4960012600

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