Former Railway Bridge By Dilke Memorial Hospital
FORMER RAILWAY BRIDGE BY DILKE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, SPEECH HOUSE ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1186463
- Date first listed:
- 22-Jun-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Former Railway Bridge By Dilke Memorial Hospital
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER RAILWAY BRIDGE BY DILKE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, SPEECH HOUSE ROAD
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2002-10-09
- Reference:
- IOE01/08889/30
- Rights:
- © Dr Richard F. Skinner. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1186463
- Date first listed:
- 22-Jun-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Former Railway Bridge By Dilke Memorial Hospital
- Statutory Address 1:
- FORMER RAILWAY BRIDGE BY DILKE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, SPEECH HOUSE ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER RAILWAY BRIDGE BY DILKE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, SPEECH HOUSE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Forest of Dean (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ruspidge and Soudley
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Forest of Dean (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Cinderford
- National Grid Reference:
- SO6415212546
Details
SO 61 SW CINDERFORD SPEECH HOUSE ROAD
9/31 Former Railway Bridge by Dilke
22.5.83 Memorial Hospital
II
Bridge, c1870. Sandstone, rock faced, squared and coursed, drafted
edges to piers and main quoins, tooled with drafted edges and
weathered upper surface to coping. Skew arch has stretcher bond
red brick soffite. Arch span about 4.25m, rising to about 4.5m on
to crown of flat elliptical arch, with keystone; railway arch about
9.10m long at angle of c.23° to centre line of B4226, Speech House
Road. Twin piers each side carry weathered rectangular copings,
flanked by segmental ramped wings, ending in similar piers.
Parapet c.1.4m deep from top of surface to string course
immediately above arch; road about 7.4m wide between parapets.
Built by Severn and Wye Railway to take road over the Mineral Loop,
opened in 1872: railway track now removed. It is a good example of
a mid-Victorian railway bridge, with strong geometrical forms and a
visual illustration of a brick skew arch. In an area formerly very
rich in industrial and colliery workings, with many railway lines,
the bridge is an important survival. Bridge half in Ruspidge
Parish, boundary running along centre of road.
The asset was previously listed twice. It was also listed under List Entry 1186349.
This entry was removed from the List on 07/10/2014.
Listing NGR: SO6415212546
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 354101
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 03-Jul-2026 at 04:50:04.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.