Description

SANDRINGHAM WOLFERTON STATION TF 62 NE Signal Box and one 2/73 of a pair of attached cottages GV II*

The address and description shall be amended to read; TF 62 NE WOLFERTON STATION 2/73 Signal Box GV II* Railway signal box, 1862, repositioned 1898, carstone and brick, tiled roof renewed. Principal facade to railway line: ground floor of small carstone with brick dressings, 4 narrow 4-paned lights, narrow foot platform above; 1st floor totally glazed in 5 sections each of 6 large lower panes and 12 small upper panes; fretwork verge to eaves; left return with ground floor as front but with 2 windows to ground floor and 2 glazed panels to 1st floor, gable with fishscale hung tiles and pierced fretwork barge boards; right return as left but with door to left of ground floor and 2 windows to right, central closed string steps to wooden balcony of 1st floor, part glazed door to right. Interior: signalling equipment complete. In 1889 the track was widened so the signal box was moved and attached at rear to existing cottages.

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SANDRINGHAM WOLFERTON STATION TF 62 NE 2/73 Signal Box and attached cottages GV II* Railway signal box, 1862, repositioned 1898, carstone and brick, tiled roof renewed. Principal facade to railway line: ground floor of small carstone with brick dressings, 4 narrow 4-paned lights, narrow foot platform above; 1st floor totally glazed in 5 sections each of 6 large lower panes and 12 small upper panes; fretwork verge to eaves; left return with ground floor as front but with 2 windows to ground floor and 2 glazed panels to 1st floor, gable with fishscale hung-tiles and pierced fretwork barge boards; right return as left but with door to left of ground floor and 2 windows to right, central closed string steps to wooden balcony of 1st floor, part glazed door to right. Interior: signalling equipment complete. In 1898 the track was widened so the signal box was moved and attached at rear to existing cottages. Pair of estate cottages: attached at left to signal box,c1870, carstone and ½ timbered, pantiles with cockscomb ridge tiles to roof and dormers, 4 bays, 1½ storeys. Ground floor of carstone with brick dressings and brick plinth, each cottage with central doorway, boarded doors with decorative strap hinges, gabled porch with hipped roof of plain tiles and fretwork decorative arch; 2-light casements with transoms either side of each doorway. 1st floor jettied on large shaped brackets, ½ timbered with rendered panels, 4 gabled dormers each with 2-light casements. Axial stacks of linked lozenge shafts to centre, left and right. Right return with jettied 1st floor, large window to ground floor.

Listing NGR: TF6600028507

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