Tynemouth, signal station
Tynemouth, signal station
HER Number
16338
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Tynemouth, signal station
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Railway Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Signal Box
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Ruined Building
Description
Roofless remains of a brick signal box. Probably contemporary with Tynemouth Station (1882). Timber upper storey has gone. 3.5m x 7.5m in plan. Door is in south elevation. Round-arched ashlar voussoirs above door and windows. Three round-arched windows in the east elevation facing the railway track. There are two recessed panels created by a double row of jettied bricks at the top and wedge shaped bricks chamfered at the bottom, one window in the smaller panel and two in the other. In the north elevation there is one round-arched window, with the same ashlar voussirs and chamfered cill. There was a fireplace at first floor level on the west elevation. The signal box is due to be demolished by Nexus Rail in May 2014.
Easting
436560
Northing
569510
Grid Reference
NZ436560569510
Sources
Pers Comm. J Morrison, 23 May 2014