Brick Boundary Wall to Former Gwr Works (North)
BRICK BOUNDARY WALL TO FORMER GWR WORKS (NORTH), RODBOURNE ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1382136
- Date first listed:
- 22-Aug-2000
- List Entry Name:
- Brick Boundary Wall to Former Gwr Works (North)
- Statutory Address:
- BRICK BOUNDARY WALL TO FORMER GWR WORKS (NORTH), RODBOURNE ROAD
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1382136
- Date first listed:
- 22-Aug-2000
- List Entry Name:
- Brick Boundary Wall to Former Gwr Works (North)
- Statutory Address 1:
- BRICK BOUNDARY WALL TO FORMER GWR WORKS (NORTH), RODBOURNE ROAD
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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:
- BRICK BOUNDARY WALL TO FORMER GWR WORKS (NORTH), RODBOURNE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Swindon (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Central Swindon North
- National Grid Reference:
- SU1394685123
Details
SU18NW
1097/1/10019
22-AUG-00
RODBOURNE ROAD
Swindon
Brick boundary wall to former GWR works (north)
GV
II
Retaining and boundary wall. Constructed between 1870-1880 by the Great Western Railway. Red brick wall with a blue brick plinth, 90m north-south fronting Rodbourne Road and 140m east-west running parallel to the rear of Hawkins Street. Red brick in alternate courses of headers and stretchers buttressed at 5m intervals on the east and south sides. Metal signs with GWR lettering remain attached to parts of the northern length. Blue engineering bricks used in buttresses and angled brick coping. The inside (former GWR Works site) has a ground level some 4m higher than Rodbourne Road and the wall at its base acts as a retaining wall, this is the plinth of blue engineering bricks. Side to Rodbourne Road stands 8m high. Top 4m of red brick with inset panels and blue brick details above a 4m blue brick plinth.
History: Built as part of the northern and western boundary of the GWR Works to the east of Rodbourne Road. The 'Hawksworth Plans' show that this wall was constructed between 1870-1880.
References: J Cattell and K Falconer, The Legacy of a Railway Town, RCHME, HMSO, London
Hawksworth Plans of GWR Works, Records Office, Railtrack plc, Swindon.
Information from Swindon Borough Council Planning
Listing NGR: SU1394685123
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 482504
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Cattell, J, Falconer, K, Swindon: The Legacy of a Railway Town (RCHME), (1995)
Other
Title: Hawksworth Plans of GWR Works
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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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