Description

SO 60 NE AWRE PURTON

3/159 Purton Viaduct (formerly
listed as Railway
2.11.79 Viaduct over Etloe to
Purton Road)

- II

Railway viaduct. c.1832. For the Purton Steam Carriage Hoad, crossing the
Etloe-Purton road. Red sandstone rubble with dressed voussoirs. 3 arches
of diminishing heights, main pier wedge shaped, so that the viaduct is slightly
angled: the tallest arch spans road; centre one damaged on NE side. South
east wall continues as retaining wall for some distance, slightly curved return
to NE. Part of the parapet survives at the north west end. This viaduct is
of considerable historical and industrial archaeological interest: the Purton
Steam Carriage Road was planned in 1830 - ie at the same time as the Stockton
and Darlington Railway first ran. It never in fact ran, but had considerable
effect on local politics at the time, and on later railway enterprises in the
area. The finance was to come from a prominent local Iron-master,
Charles Mathias of Lamphey Court, Pembrokeshire. The viaduct is the most tan-
gible surviving evidence for an industrial scheme which would have involved
the first crossing of the Severn on a moveable bridge.

Listing NGR: SO6706104900

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26586627

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