Avon Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the Rugby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1987. Transport infrastructure.

Avon Viaduct

WRENN ID
solemn-pilaster-claret
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rugby
Country
England
Date first listed
25 August 1987
Type
Transport infrastructure
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SP47NW 2/4

BRANDON AND BRETFORD BRANDON Avon Viaduct (that part in Brandon and Bretford C.P)

II

Railway viaduct. c.1835. Brick faced with rusticated sandstone ashlar with strongly projecting moulded string course, and coped parapet. 9 elliptical arches and 6 narrower subsidiary round arches have rusticated voussoirs. Canted piers between each arch. Larger piers between main and subsidiary arches and to ends have octagonal caps. 2 subsidiary arches to west are bricked up and largely hidden by the embankment. Built for the London and Birmingham Railway. (Thomas Roscoe: The London and Birmingham Railway, c.1838, pp.116-117 and Plate XII).

Listing NGR: SP4096276083

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