Viaduct About 180 Metres North East Of Woolston Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Railway viaduct.
Viaduct About 180 Metres North East Of Woolston Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- grim-remnant-meadow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Type
- Railway viaduct
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SS 20 SW POUNDSTOCK
7/133 Viaduct about 180 metres north - east of Woolston Farmhouse
- II*
Railway viaduct, formerly carrying the Holsworthy to Bude railway. 1898. Chamfered rusticated concrete block laid in Flemish bond. 5-span viaduct with parapets. Round arches spring from chamfered imposts on piers of rectangular section. Parapet has moulded cornice, string course below parapet has plain coping. Datestone in parapet carved on plaque on corbelled out refuge. The line from Holsworthy to Bude was built by the LSWR and opened 1898 and closed in 1966. Concrete blocks were used in housing in the 1860s, but this structure may be the earliest example of their use in bridge construction. Similar viaduct on the same line at Holsworthy. C.C.Stanley, Cement and Concrete Association.
Listing NGR: SS2283102107
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