Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
83158
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
28/01/1963
Date of Amendment
30/09/2004
Name of Property
Porthkerry Viaduct (partly in the Barry community)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
Rhoose
Town
Barry
Locality
Porthkerry
Easting
308365
Northing
166829
Street Side
Location
To the north of the main carpark in Porthkerry Country Park and crossing into Barry Community.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Built 1894-1900. First opened in 1897 as a part of the Vale of Glamorgan Railway from Barry to Bridgend, engineer J W Szlumper (with Charles Szlumper and William Szlumper). First completed in 1896 but parts of the viaduct subsided 10th January 1898, and the railway had to be diverted via a loop-line until 1900. This was one of the last major masonry viaducts completed in Britain. The Vale of Glamorgan became a part of the Great Western Railway at Grouping in 1923.
Exterior
Coursed quarry faced grey stone with brick arch rings. Irregular spans to sixteen semi-circular arches; tall tapering stone piers, with plinths of varying height; brick arches, maximum height circa 30 metres; stone parapet with corbelled refuges over every second pier. The viaduct crosses the steep valley of the stream which forms the eastern boundary of Rhoose Community, and is partly in Barry Community.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as one of the most impressive railway viaducts in South Wales.
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