Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Railway Viaduct
Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 26 April 1977
- Town
- Tenby
- Community
- Tenby
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.67485, -4.70716
- Cadw reference
- 6152
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
Situated some 200m N of Tenby station crossing the A4318 and A4139 roads.
History
Railway viaduct, 1865, of 7 arches carrying the Tenby and Whitland Railway across the valley of the culverted North Lake stream. The line was built as an extension to the 1863 Pembroke to Tenby line by David Davies of Llandinam and Ezra Roberts of St Asaph, with James Mathias as engineer, from 1865, opened in September 1866. The viaduct is presumably to Mathias' design.
Exterior
Railway viaduct, rock-faced grey limestone in large squared blocks with leading edges tooled smooth. Seven broad arches with stone voussoirs, on short square piers with raised band at springing of arches. Another raised band, also of rock-faced stone under parapets, which have rock-faced stone copings.
Reason for designation
Included as a prominent and imposing piece of Victorian engineering design.
Nearby in the register
- Coach-house to Gable EndDomesticunder 1 mi
- St John's WellWater Supply and Drainageunder 1 mi
- St Mary's HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- GreenhillDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.