Brick Boundary Wall to Former Gwr Works (West)
BRICK BOUNDARY WALL TO FORMER GWR WORKS (WEST), REDCLIFFE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1382144
- Date first listed:
- 22-Aug-2000
- List Entry Name:
- Brick Boundary Wall to Former Gwr Works (West)
- Statutory Address:
- BRICK BOUNDARY WALL TO FORMER GWR WORKS (WEST), REDCLIFFE STREET
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1382144
- Date first listed:
- 22-Aug-2000
- List Entry Name:
- Brick Boundary Wall to Former Gwr Works (West)
- Statutory Address 1:
- BRICK BOUNDARY WALL TO FORMER GWR WORKS (WEST), REDCLIFFE STREET
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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 (WEST), REDCLIFFE STREET
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:
- SU1391184782
Details
SU18SW
1097/1/10020
22-AUG-00
REDCLIFFE STREET
Swindon
Brick boundary wall to former GWR works (west)
GV
II
Boundary wall. Constructed between 1880-90 by the Great Western Railway. Continuous straight red brick wall constructed in alternate courses of headers and stretchers approximately 250m long running SW-NE parallel to the rear of the gardens on the south side of Redcliffe Street. At its eastern end by Rodbourne Road it is 5m high supported by tall brick buttresses at 5m intervals on the south side. After 200m the height drops to 3m.
History: Built as the northern boundary of the expansion of the GWR Works to the west of Rodbourne Road. The land was first purchased to provide the miles of extra sidings needed for redundant rolling stock ahead of the scrapping of the broad gauge in 1892. The 'Hawksworth Plans' show that this wall was constructed between 1880 and 1890, probably very shortly before 1890.
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.
Listing NGR: SU1391184782
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 482510
- 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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