Description

Circa 1840 with later additions and alterations.

WALL: continuous wall to N of rail track, forming enclosed walkway with separate lang rig walls to N. Predominantly sandstone rubble (tooled, squared and snecked in part); rounded coping throughout. Varying heights; curved in part.

RAIL BRIDGE: single-span, round-arched bridge terminating wall to E, with pedestrian underpass linking N and S sides of rail track. Coursed and tooled cream sandstone; droved ashlar dressings. Regular voussoirs; raised string courses beneath coped parapets. Horizontal banding to abutments and soffit; 3 steel supports beneath arch. Curved wing walls to N (terminating path to E); steps accessing S side.

Statement of Interest

An impressive, finite wall which, together with the lang rig walls to the N (separately owned and missing in part), create a dramatic sense of enclosure - the wall being particularly high at points. The 1856 OS map marks this walkway as 'Lovers Loan'. Terminating the wall to the E, the round-arched rail bridge remains much as it was when first complete - its curved wing walls only increasing the pedestrian's sense of enclosure. A footbridge is set above the track to the S of Lion Well Wynd, and a further segmental-arched rail bridge terminates the wall to the W. The railway came to Linlithgow in 1838-42.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77774799

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014