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
82383
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/01/2004
Date of Amendment
16/01/2004
Name of Property
Second arch over South Wales Railway at Peniel Green
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Swansea
Community
Llansamlet
Town
Swansea
Locality
Peniel Green
Easting
270190
Northing
197470
Street Side
Location
Crossing the South Wales Railway some 400m E of Llansamlet station. This arch is the second one from the NW as the railway curves S.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
One of four hump-backed flying arches built over railway line and intended to stabilise the cutting banks where slips had occured shortly after the line opened in 1850. The line was engineered by I. K. Brunel for the South Wales Railway. The arches are shown on the 1885 OS map.
Exterior
One of four broad stone arches of rubble stone with cut stone voussoirs to segmental arches. Arches are some 12m wide and approximately 20 to 25m long. Arches are weighted on top with copper slag and provided with retaining walls on each side holding back earth.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest as one of four unusual engineering structures, probably by I. K. Brunel, the renowned Victorian engineer.
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