Description

This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 17/01/2019

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MONKTON COMBE, LIMPLEY STOKE
WARMINSTER ROAD
Limpley Stoke Viaduct

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Viaduct carrying Bath to Warminster Road. 1834 by G. P. Manners of Bath, builder D. Aust. Coursed, squared limestone rubble and ashlar. Eleven tall round-headed arches on square piers with imposts and keystones impart a classical appearance to this relatively small scale viaduct. Continuous plain cornice, plat band to road level; tall, plain coped parapet and pilaster strips to the ends. Built for part of the road improvements during the realignment of the turnpike from Bath to Southampton via Warminster. Reinforced with concrete 1920.

This asset was previously listed twice. The duplicate record (List entry number 1021818) was removed from the List on 17 January 2019. The remaining record (List entry number 1215192) falls within the parishes of both Monkton Combe and Limpley Stoke.

External Links

• Historic England Listing

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]