Railway Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1984. A C19 Bridge.

Railway Bridge

WRENN ID
tattered-baluster-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Country
England
Date first listed
4 May 1984
Type
Bridge
Source
Historic England listing

Description

ST13SW COMBE FLOREY CP

NETHERCOT

2/79 Railway Bridge

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GV II

Bridge carrying railway line from Taunton to Watchet. Circa 1860. Red sandstone and conglomorate, coursed, squared, dressed masonry, ashlar archivolt of arch. Single arch with splayed base, rusticated voussoirs, no parapet. Curved walls abuting bank, extended on Northeast side with quoins about 20 metres behind Nos 1 and 2 Nethercot (qv). Much of the sandstone came from the quarry situated Southwest side. This is an imposing bridge that forms an attractive group with Nos I and 2 Nethercot. One of the most impressive railway bridges on the West Somerset Railway begun in 1859 and completed to Watchet in 1862.

Listing NGR: ST1474332511

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