Penadlake Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1985. Railway viaduct.

Penadlake Viaduct

WRENN ID
forgotten-nave-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Country
England
Date first listed
30 April 1985
Type
Railway viaduct
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SX 16 NW BRADOC

1/24 and 3/24 Penadlake Viaduct -

  • II

Railway viaduct, 1877, built to replace I.K.Brunel's earlier tresselled timber viaduct opened in 1859. 7 tapering piers approximately 40 foot clear span of massive snecked rock faced slatestone carrying 8 semicircular arches with dressed rusticated granite voussoirs and quoins. Parapet partly rebuilt. Rusticated stone coping with simple refuges. Slightly curved on plan. One of series of viaducts in quick succession on Brunel's Plymouth to Truro Cornwall Railway broad gauge line (q.v. Clinnick, Derricombe, East Largin, West Largin and St Pinnock Viaducts). Line opened in 1859. A Pugsley (ed) The Works of I K Brunel 1976 and 1980. R J Woodfin The Cornwall Railway 1972.

Listing NGR: SX1519263442

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