Bridge Over Railway is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1975. Road bridge.
Bridge Over Railway
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-pillar-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1975
- Type
- Road bridge
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BECKFORD ROAD
Bridge over railway (Formerly Listed as: BECKFORD ROAD Railway Bridge) 05/08/75
GV II
Road bridge over the former Great Western Railway. c1840 with C20 extensions. By I.K. Brunel. MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar and engineering brick. EXTERIOR: The facade to Sydney Gardens is more prestigious with moulded coping to the parapet; a cornice over the arch follows the contours of two doubly stepped-forward ashlar buttresses flanking the arch. The angled semi-elliptical arch has five courses of brick (possibly later), and ashlar facings. The north facade has brick facings. C20 corrugated iron extensions above the parapets. HISTORY: One of a notable sequence of railway bridges leading into Bath, showing the strong influence of contemporary architecture on Brunel¿s overall scheme. This section of the line was opened in June, 1841.
Listing NGR: ST7583865454
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