Survey Data
Reg No
22500027
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social, Technical
Previous Name
Waterford North Railway Station
Original Use
Signal box
In Use As
Signal box
Date
1925 - 1935
Coordinates
260151, 113111
Date Recorded
03/07/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding five-bay two-storey elevated signal box, c.1930, over railway line with two-bay two-storey side elevation to south. Extensively renovated, pre-1999, with support replaced. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves. Painted timber-clad walls. Square-headed window openings with timber sills. Replacement uPVC casement windows, pre-1999. Square-headed door opening approached by flight of replacement iron steps, pre-1999, with replacement tongue-and-groove timber panelled door, pre-1999. Sited spanning railway line on replacement single-span steel frame, pre-1999, with lattice supports, steel pillars to south, and red brick Common bond pier to north.
Appraisal
The appearance of this signal box is not unlike many signal boxes built around the country during the development of the railway network in the nineteenth century. However, it is distinguished by its position, elevated spanning the railway line on a metal support, which is of technical significance. The signal box, despite renovations in the late twentieth century, retains most of its original form and some of its early character and, together with a portion of the original railway station building (22500032/WD-5632-16-32) and the platform canopy (22500033/WD-5632-16-33), is of significance as a reminder of the original railway station complex in Waterford City, much of which has subsequently been replaced.