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
5207
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
22/03/1988
Date of Amendment
31/01/1995
Name of Property
Barmouth Railway Bridge (partly in Arthog Community)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Barmouth
Town
Locality
Barmouth Bridge
Easting
261955
Northing
315483
Street Side
Location
Long viaduct spanning the Mawddach estuary immediately to the S of Barmouth and crossing into Arthog Community.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
The Barmouth railway bridge was designed by Benjamin Piercy, engineer to the Cambrian Railways, and was opened in June 1867. It was rebuilt in stages from 1899-1909 by the Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Company of Darlington and by Abraham Williams, contractor of Aberdovey. Extensive repairs were carried out between 1981-5.
Exterior
Single-track railway viaduct (751 yards long) with 113 groups of timber supports (pile bents) and 5-span steel section incorporating a swing bridge (built 1899) towards the N (Barmouth) end. Rubble-faced abutment to N shore; concrete to S end. Low trabeated structure with longitudinal timbers supporting main timber deck and rails; cross-braced timber piles with raking shores supported by concrete foundations. Strapped steel cylinders to 2-lane opening section with twin bow-trussed girders tied over track; twin column supports with bulbous caps (wider to opening piers), metal deckand latticework braces. Lower boarded pedestrian walkway with modernrailing on upstream side (an addition of 1868-79).
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed grade II* as the only major timber-built viaduct still in use by British Rail.
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