Ledbury Viaduct

Ledbury Viaduct is a brick viaduct built between 1859 and 1861, likely designed by Stephen Ballard, with construction carried out by Ballard and Thomas Brassey. The bricks used for the viaduct were made on-site from clay excavated for the foundations. It was built for the Worcester and Hereford Railway Company, which later became part of the Great Western Railway. The structure features 30 round-headed arches supported by slender piers, with continuous hood-moulds of dark brick above. A projecting cornice and a plain parapet are topped with 20th-century railings and interrupted by 20th-century refuges.