Latitude: 53.2226 / 53°13'21"N
Longitude: -4.4741 / 4°28'26"W
OS Eastings: 234923
OS Northings: 372364
OS Grid: SH349723
Mapcode National: GBR 57.0ZKY
Mapcode Global: WH42Y.78Q9
Plus Code: 9C5Q6GFG+29
Entry Name: Ty Croes signal-box and attached station range
Listing Date: 24 June 1986
Last Amended: 25 November 1998
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 5733
Building Class: Transport
ID on this website: 300005733
Location: Located on the SE side of the T-junction; directly on the N side of the level crossing at Ty Croes.
County: Isle of Anglesey
Community: Aberffraw
Community: Aberffraw
Locality: Ty Croes
Traditional County: Anglesey
Tagged with: Signal box
Built in 1872 to accommodate Saxby-Farmer signalling equipment and following the Saxby-Farmer designs, though probably built by the Chester and Holyhead railway works. In 1989 the signal-box was downgraded and all the signalling equipment removed; used now only for the purpose of operating the adjacent level crossing.
Two-storey signal-box with integral single storey range of booking office and waiting room at E end. Built of dark red brick with yellow brick dressings (including sill boards and string courses). Pyramidal slate roof to signal-box, hipped slate roof to E range; both with projecting eaves and brick stacks to rear (N). Wrap-round small-pane glazing with horizontal sliding sashes to signal-box; doorway with openwork timber stair to right gable-end. Triangular-headed ground floor openings (windows now boarded). Blocked openings towards railway lines. Original name plates.
Listed as a well-preserved example of one of the signal-box and station ranges built to serve the Anglesey section of the Chester to Holyhead railway; a well-composed design enhanced by decorative brickwork detailing. The range at Ty Croes is of particular interest as it includes one of the oldest signal-boxes in use in Britain, albeit on a reduced level.
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