Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
24044
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/09/2000
Date of Amendment
29/09/2000
Name of Property
Railway Signal Post at Tintern Station
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Wye Valley
Town
Chepstow
Locality
Tintern Parva
Easting
353780
Northing
200718
Street Side
Location
On a meadow at a loop of the river Wye to N of Tintern Abbey.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
A GWR signal dating probably from 1908 when the Wye Valley Railway was taken over by the Great Western Railway. It is marked on the O.S. 25" map, 1921 edition.
Exterior
The signal is constructed in cast and wrought iron. A cylindrical cast iron post carries a wrought iron gantry with two signals, a 'distant' and a 'home', both with onion finials.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as an extremely rare surviving in-situ railway semaphore signal, and for its group value with the other buildings at Tintern station.
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