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Latitude: 51.0501 / 51°3'0"N
Longitude: -4.179 / 4°10'44"W
OS Eastings: 247361
OS Northings: 130117
OS Grid: SS473301
Mapcode National: GBR KK.G554
Mapcode Global: FRA 264B.V00
Plus Code: 9C3Q3R2C+29
Entry Name: Instow Signal Box
Listing Date: 23 October 1978
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1107599
English Heritage Legacy ID: 98792
ID on this website: 101107599
Location: Instow, North Devon, EX39
County: Devon
District: North Devon
Civil Parish: Instow
Built-Up Area: Instow
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Instow St John the Baptist
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
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INSTOW THE QUAY
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Instow Signal Box
23.10.78
GV
II
Railway signal box. 1861. Stone rubble with weatherboarded upper storey. Hipped
slate roof. Lateral brick stack with offsets to rear. Rectangular on plan. 2
storeys. Upper storey has twin 16-paned horizontal sliding sashes to front, 12-
paned horizontal sliding sash at right end, two 6-paned windows to rear and
external wooden staircase to first floor doorway at left end with 4-panelled door,
the upper panels glazed. Plank door to ground floor below. Much of the machinery
still intact, fitted with a frame of 16 levers by Stevens and Co. The box was
closed in 1979. Built for the Bideford Extension Railway (opened 1855) later London
and South Western Railway.
Listing NGR: SS4736130117
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