West Street Junction Box
WEST STREET JUNCTION BOX, SLEAFORD ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1388986
- Date first listed:
- 02-May-1986
- Statutory Address:
- WEST STREET JUNCTION BOX, SLEAFORD ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1388986
- Date first listed:
- 02-May-1986
- Statutory Address 1:
- WEST STREET JUNCTION BOX, SLEAFORD ROAD
Location
- Statutory Address:
- WEST STREET JUNCTION BOX, SLEAFORD ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lincolnshire
- District:
- Boston (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TF 32236 43948
Details
BOSTON
TF3243NW SLEAFORD ROAD
716-1/9/157 (South side)
02/05/86 West Street Junction Box
II
Signal box. 1875 for the Great Northern Railway. Butt brick,
timber cladding, Welsh slate roof. Brick base with glazing bar
window in end.
EXTERIOR: signalman's room at 1st floor level with external
timber steps, is fully glazed to all 4 sides, with 6-paned
timber windows, 8 to sides and 4 to gable ends. Boarded
gables, with decorative carved bargeboard and timber finial. A
60-lever McKenzie and Holland frame replaced the original in
1894 and a gate wheel was installed.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORY: this is the oldest GNR signal box still in use, and
was built to control the northern junction of the main line
with the goods line near the West Street level crossing.
(Cartwright A: Boston. A Railway Town: Boston: 1987-).
Listing NGR: TF3223643948
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 486448
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Cartwright, A, Boston. A Railway Town, (1987)
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