Railway Viaduct Immediately East Of Littlehempston Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1985. Railway viaduct.
Railway Viaduct Immediately East Of Littlehempston Bridge
- WRENN ID
- sunken-casement-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1985
- Type
- Railway viaduct
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SX 86 SW LITTLEHEMPSTON
5/57 Railway Viaduct immediately east of Littlehempston - Bridge
GV II
Railway viaduct over River Hems. Circa 1847. Stone rubble. Three spans with elliptical pink sandstone arches on slight skew. Sandstone stringcourse above and parapet with plain stone coping. C20 iron girder bridge on stone piers alongside to east is not included. The South Devon Railway was authorised in 1844. This section from Newton Abbot to Totnes was opened in 1847 and pipes were laid for atmospheric trains which were never used. The Great Western Railway took over in 1876 and the South Devon Company was dissolved in 1878. The broad gauge was replaced in 1892.
Listing NGR: SX8135662751
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