Brick Boundary Wall To Former Gwr Works (West)

The brick boundary wall to the former Great Western Railway works, located on the west side, was built between 1880 and 1890. This continuous straight wall is made of red brick, constructed in alternate courses of headers and stretchers, and stretches approximately 250 meters long, running southwest to northeast parallel to the rear of the gardens on the south side of Redcliffe Street. At the eastern end near Rodbourne Road, the wall stands 5 meters high and is supported by tall brick buttresses at 5-meter intervals on the south side. After about 200 meters, the height reduces to 3 meters. The wall served as the northern boundary for the expansion of the GWR Works to the west of Rodbourne Road, which was necessary to accommodate additional sidings for redundant rolling stock prior to the scrapping of the broad gauge in 1892. The construction of the wall is documented in the 'Hawksworth Plans', indicating it was likely built shortly before 1890.