Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Railway Bridge by Chepstow Station
Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 12 November 2002
- Locality
- Chepstow
- Town
- Chepstow
- Community
- Chepstow
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.64054, -2.67093
- Cadw reference
- 27113
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
On the N side of the station at the entrance to the Fairfield Mabey works.
History
Partly an original bridge of the Brunel railway of 1850, later extended on the downhill side.
Exterior
Railway bridge. Built of coursed rockfaced stone with tooled stone dressings. A wide chamfered segmental arch spans the road, narrow brick lining to the vault and blue-brick header arch to downhill (E) side, voussoirs to the uphill (W) side. Above is the deck with side rails. Parapet has coping on downhill side, lost to uphill side which has inset metal straps; at base a roll-moulded band. Curved and angled abutments partly buttressed.
Reason for designation
Listed as part of the Brunel railway close to the Brunel station. Group value with this, the footbridge and the former steam mill within the works.
Nearby in the register
- Former steam flour mill and malting at Fairfield-Mabey WorksIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Chepstow Railway StationTransportunder 1 mi
- Footbridge at Chepstow StationTransportunder 1 mi
- Parish Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.