Retaining Wall Of Canal Above Railway To East Of Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1975. Retaining wall.
Retaining Wall Of Canal Above Railway To East Of Bridge
- WRENN ID
- white-sentry-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1975
- Type
- Retaining wall
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BECKFORD ROAD (North side) Retaining wall of canal above railway to east of bridge 05/08/75
GV II
Retaining wall to the north of the railway bridge under Beckford Road between the Kennet and Avon Canal and the railway. c1840. By IK Brunel. MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar. EXTERIOR: Much repaired at the southern end with dark engineering brick. The southern section is of varying height and structure, rising to approx. 8m with a battered curve articulated by shallow buttresses under a cornice and parapet. As the wall curves to the north-west the structure is of brick but the most northerly part is entirely of ashlar. HISTORY: This carefully detailed length of masonry construction indicates the lengths the Great Western Railway went to in order to accommodate the existing canal, on its entry into Bath. The railway was opened in June, 1841.
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