Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ty Croes signal-box and attached station range
Aberffraw, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Ty Croes, Aberffraw, Isle of Anglesey, designated on 24 June 1986.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 24 June 1986
- Locality
- Ty Croes
- Community
- Aberffraw
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.22260, -4.47412
- Cadw reference
- 5733
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 105 Carnarvon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located on the SE side of the T-junction; directly on the N side of the level crossing at Ty Croes.
History
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.
Exterior
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.
Reason for designation
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.
Nearby in the register
- Melin y bontIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Bryn Du ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Melin Uchaf (aka Melin Maelgwyn)Industrialunder 1 mi
- Llanfaelog Community CentreRecreationalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.