Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
500
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/08/1991
Date of Amendment
19/08/1991
Name of Property
Railway Bridge Spanning the main coast road on a skewed line
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Holywell
Town
Locality
skewed line
Easting
319741
Northing
377473
Street Side
Location
0.3km from SE of the Junction with Greenfiled Road and Bagillt Road
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Built in 1869 by Holywell Railway Company to carry a railway line S from the wharf up towards Holywell town. This line was unsuccessful and the company was wound up; after that it was used solely for transport to and from the Parys Mine Company Limestone Works - this traffic also ceased by late C19. In 1906 the LNWR reopened it as a goods line and in 1912 followed this with a passenger service; the latter involved extending the line into the centre of Holywell. A new curve was also made to link it with the main Chester to Holyhead Railway. Together this created the steepest (1:27) conventional passenger service in Britain. Closed in 1955.
Exterior
Tall bull-nosed rubble bridge with semicircular brick arch and brick soffit; stone impost bands. Stringcourse below parapet which have end pilasters.
Ramped and battered revetment walls to both sides with railings at base.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special intrest to the railway history of Holywell and the Greenfield Valley.
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