Chelfham Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1965. Viaduct.

Chelfham Viaduct

WRENN ID
hollow-rubblework-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Country
England
Date first listed
25 February 1965
Type
Viaduct
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SS 63 NW 4/53 25.2.65

BRATTON FLEMING Chelfham Viaduct

II

Viaduct, serving the dismantled Lynton-Barnstaple railway, 1896-7. Engineer, F. W. Chanter. Yellow brick with rock-faced plinths to the piers. 400 feet long and 70 feet high. 8 tall arches with semicircular heads springing from unmoulded impost bands. 2 shallow pilasters flank the 4 principal arches on the west side, and a single pilaster to centre on east side, all with unmoulded capitals of 8 oversailing brick courses. "More than a quarter of a million bricks were used in its construction, and the cost was about £6,500". L T Catchpole The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway. The narrow gauge line was closed in 1935. The largest bridge structure on a narrow gauge line.

Listing NGR: SS6095835622

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