Rattery Viaduct is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1986. Viaduct.

Rattery Viaduct

WRENN ID
ruined-merlon-ridge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Hams
Country
England
Date first listed
27 May 1986
Type
Viaduct
Source
Historic England listing

Description

RATTERY - SX 76 SW

6/44 Rattery Viaduct - - II

Railway viaduct circa 1848 by I K Brunel and widened circa 1892-3 when the broad gauge was replaced. The original single track viaduct is built of coursed stone rubble of six bays with round arches with granite arch rings, on rectangular piers laterally pierced by round arch openings. Late C19 stone rubble parapet. Widened on north side in 1892-3 in rock-faced granite with engineering brick arch rings. The South Devon Railway was authorised in 1844. This section from Totnes to have, rear Plymouth was opened in 1848. The Great Western Railway took over in 1876 and the South Devon Company was dissolved in 1878. The original broad gauge was replaced in 1892/3. Ref: David St John Thomas, A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain, The West Country, pp 66 to 86.

Listing NGR: SX7322960640

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