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
619
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
04/01/1966
Date of Amendment
30/04/1996
Name of Property
Cefn (Newbridge) Railway Viaduct (partly in Chirk Community)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Cefn
Town
Locality
Newbridge
Easting
328540
Northing
341166
Street Side
N
Location
Carries the railway over the River Dee between Newbridge and Cefn-Bychan
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Built for the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway, by the railway's engineer, Henry Robertson, in 1846-8.
Exterior
Coursed and squared stone. 19-arch span, and 150 feet high. The arches are carried on slender piers, with continuous chamfered mouldings. Modillion cornice below ashlar parapet. Terminal piers are pedimented with stepped blocking course above arched recesses with keystones.
Interior
Reason for designation
A highly impressive and architecturally elegant example of mid C19 railway engineering.
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