Railway Viaduct To North Of Regents Canal Dock Between And Including Branch Road Bridge And Limehouse Cut Up To Three Colt Street

The entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 13 December 2018.

COMMERCIAL ROAD E14 1. 4431 Railway Viaduct to north TQ 3681 17/10 of Regents Canal Dock TQ 3680 24/2 between and including Branch Road Bridge and Limehouse Cut up to Three Colt Street II

2. 1839. Engineers George Stephenson and G P Bidder. Built as part of the London and Blackwall Railway, opened in 1840. An early stock brick arcaded viaduct with console corbelled string below parapet with articulating dies. The Branch Road Bridge of 2 elliptical keystoned arches. Fine 3 arched bridge over the Grand Union Canal, the "centre piece" of the Regents Dock sequence of the viaduct, similar but single arch bridge over the Limehouse Cut. All 3 bridges have heavy ashlar quoining to abutments, surmounted by pedimental blocking course. Heavy keystones to finely gauged brickwork of arches, large stone cornice on corbel brackets below parapet. The Grand Union Canal Bridge has a large arcaded cast iron railing to the parapet. Listed for railway engineering interest. One of the earliest railways to serve the docks, before the great railway expansion of the 1840s. The railway was to revolutionise docking methods and buildings in the 1850s. Built by the famous railway engineer George Stephenson, this viaduct, with its fine arches, also has considerable architectural merit.

This asset was previously listed twice. The duplicate record (List entry number 1242220) was removed from the List on 13 December 2018.