Latitude: 51.3934 / 51°23'36"N
Longitude: -3.3179 / 3°19'4"W
OS Eastings: 308401
OS Northings: 166862
OS Grid: ST084668
Mapcode National: GBR HR.RG4S
Mapcode Global: VH6FQ.F7TP
Plus Code: 9C3R9MVJ+9R
Entry Name: Porthkerry Railway Viaduct (partly in the community of Rhoose)
Listing Date: 28 January 1963
Last Amended: 30 March 1995
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 13620
Building Class: Transport
Also known as: Porthkerry Railway Viaduct (Partly In The Community of Rhoose), Porthkerry Park
Porthkerry Viaduct (partly in the Barry community)
ID on this website: 300013620
Location: To N of carpark at POrthkerry Country Park.
County: Vale of Glamorgan
Community: Barry (Y Barri)
Community: Barry
Locality: Porthkerry Park
Traditional County: Glamorgan
Tagged with: Bridge Viaduct Railway viaduct
1894-1900. Built for Vale of Glamorgan Railway. Engineer J W Szlumper (with Charles Szlumper, and William Szlumper ). First completed in 1896, but parts of viaduct subsided 10 January 1898, and railway had to be diverted via loop line until 1900.
Grey stone with brick dressings. Irregular spans to round arches; tall tapering stone piers, with plinths of varying height; brick arches, maximum height circa 30 metres; stone parapet with corbelled buttresses.
One of most monumental Railway structures in area.
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