This brick
structure, built in 1877, replaced a smaller signal box which opened with the
railway line through Crawley in 1848. From 1978, it was downgraded to a
"crossing box"—its only function was controlling the adjacent level
crossing where the railway crossed Crawley High Street. It closed completely on
20 April 1986, but has been preserved. The ground floor has two round-arched
windows between brick pilasters, and there are sash windows on the first floor,
below the hipped roof.
All photos by Ian Mulcahy. E-mail crawleyoldtown@gmail.com
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