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
12/11/2002
Date of Amendment
12/11/2002
Name of Property
Footbridge at Chepstow Station
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Location
Spanning the double track just S of the main station building.
History
Cast by the firm of Edward Finch and Co of Chepstow 1892.
Exterior
Railway footbridge. Made of bolted cast iron with decoratively pierced boarding to the gables and canopy, the latter now corrugated. Stairs each side in 3 bays, main bridge of 4 bays and the two linked by angled upper staircase bays. Bolted metal panels to bridge parapet incorporating foundry plate, boarded to stairs, bolted metal trusses to the canopy.
Reason for designation
Listed as a surviving iron footbridge closely associated with the Brunel station and for group value with it and other listed railway buildings.
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