Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
24033
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/09/2000
Date of Amendment
29/09/2000
Name of Property
Old Tramway Bridge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Wye Valley
Town
Chepstow
Locality
Tintern Parva
Easting
353000
Northing
200283
Street Side
Location
Spanning the river Wye close to Abbey Mill and outlet of Angidy River.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
The bridge was constructed in 1872-5 and was actually ready for use before the railway which served it. It was designed by S H Yockney and Son of Westminster for the Wireworks branch of the Monmouth and Wye Valley Railway. The contractors were Reed Bros of London and the ironwork was supplied and erected by the Isca Foundry of Newport. The bridge was designed to carry no more than a small locomotive and three trucks. The Wireworks closed in 1901 but the bridge continued to carry a horse tramway until 1935 when it was finally closed and has been a footpath ever since.
Exterior
Constructed of sandstone ashlar with wrought iron. Three span single track railway bridge with two small side spans at the English end and a solid abutment at the Welsh end. Two semi-circular arches at the English end, three large sandstone piers, three spans of rivetted cross-braced wrought ironwork. The track ran through the girders which are separate over each span. The track bed has been boarded to act as a footpath. The bridge spans the border between Wales and England and between Monmouthshire and the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as an unaltered wrought iron railway bridge of the 1860's, which has survived unchanged through very light use.
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