Retaining Wall And Balustrade West Of Railway Line is a Grade II* listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1975. Infrastructure.
Retaining Wall And Balustrade West Of Railway Line
- WRENN ID
- veiled-lintel-vetch
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1975
- Type
- Infrastructure
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SYDNEY GARDENS 656-1/32/1647 (West side)
Retaining wall and balustrade west of railway line
(Formerly Listed as: SYDNEY GARDENS Retaining Wall West of Railway Line) 05/08/75
GV II*
Retaining wall and balustrade between Beckford Road and Sydney Road. c1840. By IK Brunel, Engineer to Great Western Railway. Limestone ashlar. Low wall bordering footpath to west of railway line has alternate balustrades and panels on moulded plinth. HISTORY: Part of the outstanding GWR mainline: the sensitivity of the site of this cutting resulted in an exceptionally architectural treatment which, far from scarring the pleasure ground, added a new feature within the landscape of Sydney Gardens. The broad GWR gauge is immediately apparent. The first train ran through in June 1841. Owing to the shabby state of Bath railway station, this was chosen as the alighting point for a visit by the Duke and Duchess of Connaught in 1881. SOURCES: John Froud, 'The Great Western Railway in Bathwick' in 'Beyond Mr Pulteney's Bridge' (Bath Preservation Trust exhib. Cat. 1987), 18-19; Brenda Snaddon, 'The Last Promenade. Sydney Gardens, Bath' (2000), 31-2.
Listing NGR: ST7582565392
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