VICTORIA BRIDGE
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1100657
- Date first listed:
- 18-Mar-1987
- Statutory Address:
- VICTORIA BRIDGE, SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- VICTORIA BRIDGE, SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Worcestershire
- District:
- Wyre Forest (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Kidderminster Foreign
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 76665 79254
Details
KIDDERMINSTER FOREIGN CP SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY
S077NE
5/90 Victoria Bridge
- II*
Half of this structure lies in the parish of Upper Arley.
Railway bridge. 1859-1862 by John Fowler, engineer, for the Severn Valley Railway
Company. Cast-iron and rusticated sandstone ashlar. Main span is a segmental
arch composed of 4 ribs each formed from 9 H-section cast-iron pieces bolted
together. The track above is supported by a network of iron struts. The rusticated
ashlar abutments have plain parapets and are each pierced by a segmental arch
of blue brick with a moulded string course at springing level. The tow path
is on the west bank between the abutment and the river, on the east bank the
abutment wall extends down into the river. A painted inscription, repeated
in identical wording on each side of the bridge reads: 'Victoria Bridge/1861/John
Fowler, Engineer' to the centre. To the left: 'Messrs. Brassey & Co., Contractors.'
To the right: 'Cast and erected by the Coalbrookdale Company'. L S Snell (editor)
Essays towards a History of Bewdley (n d), p 79.
Listing NGR: SO7666579254
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 157080
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Snell, L S, Essays towards a History of Bewdley79
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
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