Railway Viaduct to North of Regents Canal Dock Between and Including Branch Road Bridge and Limehouse Cut Up to Three Colt Street
RAILWAY VIADUCT TO NORTH OF REGENTS CANAL DOCK BETWEEN AND INCLUDING BRANCH ROAD BRIDGE AND LIMEHOUSE CUT UP TO THREE COLT STREET, COMMERCIAL ROAD E14
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1241666
- Date first listed:
- 09-May-1980
- List Entry Name:
- Railway Viaduct to North of Regents Canal Dock Between and Including Branch Road Bridge and Limehouse Cut Up to Three Colt Street
- Statutory Address:
- RAILWAY VIADUCT TO NORTH OF REGENTS CANAL DOCK BETWEEN AND INCLUDING BRANCH ROAD BRIDGE AND LIMEHOUSE CUT UP TO THREE COLT STREET, COMMERCIAL ROAD E14
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1241666
- Date first listed:
- 09-May-1980
- List Entry Name:
- Railway Viaduct to North of Regents Canal Dock Between and Including Branch Road Bridge and Limehouse Cut Up to Three Colt Street
- Statutory Address 1:
- RAILWAY VIADUCT TO NORTH OF REGENTS CANAL DOCK BETWEEN AND INCLUDING BRANCH ROAD BRIDGE AND LIMEHOUSE CUT UP TO THREE COLT STREET, COMMERCIAL ROAD E14
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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:
- RAILWAY VIADUCT TO NORTH OF REGENTS CANAL DOCK BETWEEN AND INCLUDING BRANCH ROAD BRIDGE AND LIMEHOUSE CUT UP TO THREE COLT STREET, COMMERCIAL ROAD E14
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Tower Hamlets (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 36468 81049
Details
The entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 13 December 2018.
COMMERCIAL ROAD E14
1.
4431
Railway Viaduct to north
TQ 3681 17/10 of Regents Canal Dock
TQ 3680 24/2 between and including
Branch Road Bridge and
Limehouse Cut up to
Three Colt Street
II
2.
1839. Engineers George Stephenson and G P Bidder. Built as part of the London
and Blackwall Railway, opened in 1840. An early stock brick arcaded viaduct with
console corbelled string below parapet with articulating dies. The Branch Road
Bridge of 2 elliptical keystoned arches. Fine 3 arched bridge over the Grand Union
Canal, the "centre piece" of the Regents Dock sequence of the viaduct, similar but
single arch bridge over the Limehouse Cut. All 3 bridges have heavy ashlar quoining
to abutments, surmounted by pedimental blocking course. Heavy keystones to finely
gauged brickwork of arches, large stone cornice on corbel brackets below parapet.
The Grand Union Canal Bridge has a large arcaded cast iron railing to the parapet.
Listed for railway engineering interest. One of the earliest railways to serve the
docks, before the great railway expansion of the 1840s. The railway was to
revolutionise docking methods and buildings in the 1850s. Built by the famous railway
engineer George Stephenson, this viaduct, with its fine arches, also has considerable
architectural merit.
This asset was previously listed twice. The duplicate record (List entry number 1242220) was removed from the List on 13 December 2018.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 206441
- 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.
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