Signal boxes built by
McKENZIE & HOLLAND

McKenzie & Holland (originally (McKenzie, Clunes & Holland) were one of the earliest signalling contractors, and supplied many railway companies around the country.

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	Leek Brook Junction The earliest designs of McKenzie & Holland box, used up to 1875 featured hipped roofs, with an area of plain woodwork between the windows and roof line. The box shown here was built for the North Staffordshire Railway.
	Talerddig This box, built for the Cambrian Railway, was originally to the same design as above. However, at some time the roof has been renewed in gabled style, perhaps as a result of fire damage.
	Hartlebury Station A few boxes were built during 1875 with a deeper window area. These were three panes deep, although not obvious here as the top row have been painted out! This example was built for the Great Western Railway.
	Histon Some standard boxes were provided for the Great Eastern Railway until 1878, but they also had many boxes built to their own specification. This is an example of the latter, which were easily identified by the lack of horizontal glazing bars in the windows. Standard McKenzie & Holland finials, as provided on signals, were fitted.
	Baschurch In 1875, the design switched to gabled roofs, and this style of box continued to be built right through to 1921. Many boxes of this type had brick bases, with large, arched locking room windows. This box was built for the Great Western.
	Bargoed Pits The Rhymney Railway had many examples of this style built from local stone.
	Ystrad Mynach South Another Rhymney Railway box of the same design. This one was, unusually, elevated a short way up the embankment.
	Aylsham Not all boxes built by McKenzie & Holland were provided with porches - this all-timber example on the East Norfolk Railway has an open landing
	Earls Colne A brick and timber bpx of standard design was provided for the Colne Valley & Halstead Railway in 1882.
	Achnasheen East A variation of this design could be found on the Highland Railway's lines. These embodied vertical battened timber (local practice) and a smaller glazed area just two panes deep.
	Achnasheen West Another similar box on the Highland Railway. Boxes of this type were erected on this company's lines through to 1896.
	Forres East This example was erected for the Highland Railway in 1896.
	Dingwall South The larger boxes built by McKenzie & Holland for the Highland Railway did feature the three-pane high windows of the standard product.
	Welsh's Bridge A more ornate version of McKenzie & Holland's design for the Highland Railway was provided for the Inverness resignalling of 1897. These featured decorated bargeboards and curved framing at the top of the windows.
	Rhondda Fach Junction South Boxes built for the Taff Vale Railway conformed basically to the 1875 design, but were provided with ornate bargeboards and a few other adornments. After 1893, larger panes of glass were incorporated in the window area, giving a less cluttered and more modern look.
	Walnut Tree Junction Another box of the same type built for the Taff Vale. This example has been built with a two-story base to improve the signalman's view.
	Gyfeillon Upper A smaller cabin of the same Taff Vale design, but built fully in timber. The low brick base may be a later addition to counteract rot or subsidence.
	Caerphilly East The largest cabin on the Rhymney Railway opened in 1913, but the architecture was pure McKenzie & Holland.