Rosyth Naval Dockyard Signalbox, Barham Road, Rosyth

2-storey rectangular plan white-painted weatherboarded Type 7 signal box serving private line at Rosyth Dockyard. Multi-pane glazed 1st floor signal cabin reached by timber forestair with projecting entrance porch to W. Piended grey slate roof with projecting eaves. Wide projecting red brick chimneystack rises from ground and breaks eaves to N. Signalling apparatus survives inside.

A good example of a weatherboarded signal box with, rarely, its signalling apparatus in the cabin intact. The signal box has further interest as it was constructed to serve the naval base and dockyard at Rosyth. Only a few Type 7 signal boxes were constructed in timber the norm being brick. The Roysth example is therefore a particularly unusual survival. Type 7 signal boxes were constructed between 1908-18. Rosyth dockyard constitutes the only newly-built naval dockyard in the UK since the Napoleonic era. Work to create a naval base at Rosyth was begun in 1909 and officially opened by George V in 1915. The dockyard was run down after the Armistice but came back into full operation during the Second World War. It continues in use as a working dockyard on both naval and commercial contracts (2006). It is not yet known when the private 2 platform halt to service the dockyard was constructed but it is likely that it was sometime between the World Wars. The station itself no longer survives. (Historic Scotland)

October 2007: External inspection reveals the signalbox to be in reasonable condition and within a potential redevelopment site. The timber building is particuarly at risk should it not be undergoing regular maintenance.

January 2009: SCT is contacted by a member of the public to advise the building remains derelict.

August 2010: External inspection finds this interesting building is now beginning to deteriorate significantly, particuarly the timber cladding.

4 July 2013: Network Rail advise the property is not in their ownership.

21 May 2014: External inspection finds the building remains in much the same condition as seen previously.

2 October 2015: A member of the public advises window panes are now missing, as is some of the weatherboarding.

29 April 2019: External inspection finds no significant change from previous visit. There are a number of broken windows; decline could now be rapid.