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.
Date of Designation
29/09/2000
Date of Amendment
29/09/2000
Name of Property
Name Board at Tintern Station
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Location
On a meadow at a loop of the river Wye to N of Tintern Abbey.
History
The name board was probably erected in 1908 by the Great Western Railway when it took over the Monmouth and Wye Valley Railway.
Exterior
The name board is constructed of cast iron and timber. Cast iron cylindrical posts with 'mustard pot' caps carry a timber sign board with raised lettering TINTERN.
Reason for designation
Included as a very rare surviving GWR station name board in situ, and for its group value with the other buildings at Tintern station.
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