Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Porthkerry Railway Viaduct (partly in the Barry community)
Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Porthkerry Park, Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, designated on 28 January 1963.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 28 January 1963
- Locality
- Porthkerry Park
- Community
- Rhoose
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.39371, -3.31761
- Cadw reference
- 13620
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1858 · 20. Bridgewater. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 263 Cardiff (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 110. Cardiff & Mouth of the Severn. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
To N of carpark at Porthkerry Country Park.
History
1894-1900. Built for Vale of Glamorgan Railway. Engineer J W Szlumper (with Charles Szlumper, and William Szlumper ). First completed in 1896, but parts of viaduct subsided 10 January 1898, and railway had to be diverted via loop line until 1900.
Exterior
Grey stone with brick dressings. Irregular spans to round arches; tall tapering stone piers, with plinths of varying height; brick arches, maximum height circa 30 metres; stone parapet with corbelled buttresses.
Reason for designation
One of most monumental Railway structures in area.
Nearby in the register
- Porthkerry Railway Viaduct (partly in the Rhoose community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Outbuilding to north of Church FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church Farmhouse (aka Glebe Farm)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Church of St CurigReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.