List Entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: GOVER RAILWAY VIADUCT INCLUDING PIERS TO NORTH
List Entry Number: 1136662
Location
GOVER RAILWAY VIADUCT INCLUDING PIERS TO NORTH
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County:
District: Cornwall
District Type: Unitary Authority
Parish: St. Mewan
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II
Date first listed: 20-Dec-1988
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 71422
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List Entry Description
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
SW 95 SE
4/81
ST MEWAN
Gover Railway Viaduct including piers to north
II
Railway viaduct over the Gover Valley on the St Austell - Truro line. The first
viaduct was built in 1859; the piers of this viaduct remain, running parallel on the
north side of the later viaduct, of 1898. The 1859 piers are in stone rubble. The
1898 viaduct is in granite rubble with brick arches and parapet. The 1859 piers are
of rectangular plan, battered, with weathered buttresses. The 1898 viaduct has 8
round arches, with piers of rectangular plan, corbelled and battered. The arches have
brick dressings and brick parapet.
The Glover viaduct has great landscape value. The eastern half of the viaduct is in
St Austell with Fowey district.
Listing NGR: SW9987352987
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Map
National Grid Reference: SW9987352987
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