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Latitude: 51.3872 / 51°23'13"N
Longitude: -2.3486 / 2°20'55"W
OS Eastings: 375836
OS Northings: 165403
OS Grid: ST758654
Mapcode National: GBR 0QB.T7K
Mapcode Global: VH96M.7DQG
Plus Code: 9C3V9MP2+VG
Entry Name: Retaining Wall East of Railway Line
Listing Date: 5 August 1975
Last Amended: 15 October 2010
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1395287
English Heritage Legacy ID: 510698
ID on this website: 101395287
Location: Bathwick, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, BA2
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Bath
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
Tagged with: Retaining wall
SYDNEY GARDENS
656-1/32/1646
Retaining Wall East of Railway Line
05/08/75
GV II*
Retaining wall between Beckford Road and Sydney Road to east of former Great Western Railway. c1840. By I.K. Brunel, Engineer to Great Western Railway. Limestone ashlar. Approx 7m high with panelled parapet over cornice and frieze. Lower part has concave batter, plinth and shallow piers approx 1.5m wide and 8m apart.
HISTORY: Part of the outstanding Great Western Railway mainline: the sensitivity of the site of this cutting resulted in an exceptionally architectural treatment which, far from scarring the pleasure ground, added a new feature within the landscape of Sydney Gardens. The broad Great Western Railway gauge is immediately apparent. The first train ran through in June 1841.
SOURCES: John Froud, 'The Great Western Railway in Bathwick' in 'Beyond Mr Pulteney's Bridge' (Bath Preservation Trust exhib. Cat. 1987), 18-19; Brenda Snaddon, 'The Last Promenade. Sydney Gardens, Bath' (2000), 31-2.
Listing NGR: ST7583665394
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