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Avon Viaduct

A Grade II Listed Building in Brandon and Bretford, Warwickshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.3813 / 52°22'52"N

Longitude: -1.3996 / 1°23'58"W

OS Eastings: 440962

OS Northings: 276083

OS Grid: SP409760

Mapcode National: GBR 7NW.LZ6

Mapcode Global: VHBX6.PDFW

Plus Code: 9C4W9JJ2+G5

Entry Name: Avon Viaduct

Listing Date: 25 August 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1034898

English Heritage Legacy ID: 308790

ID on this website: 101034898

Location: Brandon, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV8

County: Warwickshire

District: Rugby

Civil Parish: Brandon and Bretford

Traditional County: Warwickshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Warwickshire

Church of England Parish: Wolston St Margaret

Church of England Diocese: Coventry

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BRANDON AND BRETFORD
BRANDON
Avon Viaduct (that part in Brandon and Bretford C.P)

II

Railway viaduct. c.1835. Brick faced with rusticated sandstone ashlar with
strongly projecting moulded string course, and coped parapet. 9 elliptical
arches and 6 narrower subsidiary round arches have rusticated voussoirs. Canted
piers between each arch. Larger piers between main and subsidiary arches and to
ends have octagonal caps. 2 subsidiary arches to west are bricked up and largely
hidden by the embankment. Built for the London and Birmingham Railway.
(Thomas Roscoe: The London and Birmingham Railway, c.1838, pp.116-117 and Plate
XII).

Listing NGR: SP4096276083

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