Railway Bridge Across The Poltross Burn North Of Milecastle 48 Hadrians Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1987. Railway bridge.
Railway Bridge Across The Poltross Burn North Of Milecastle 48 Hadrians Wall
- WRENN ID
- quartered-spire-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 July 1987
- Type
- Railway bridge
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
THIRLWALL B 6318 NY 66 NW (South side, off) Gilsland 10/35 Railway Bridge across the Poltross Burn, north of Milecastle 48, Hadrian's wall II
Railway bridge, c.1838 possibly by Benjamin Green for the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Co. Snecked dressed stone; rebuilt brick arch and tunnel. Bridge spans the narrow and steep-sided valley of the Poltross Burn. Very tall and narrow round archway. Rebuilt arch in 5 rows of header bond. Side walls supporting arch have 2 offsets near base. Front and rear wall flanking arch break forward and are battered. Horizontal parapet, above band at track level, has chamfered coping and breaks forward over end piers.
G. Whittle, The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, 1979
Listing NGR: NY6343966244
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