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: PENADLAKE VIADUCT
List Entry Number: 1136794
Location
PENADLAKE VIADUCT
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County:
District: Cornwall
District Type: Unitary Authority
Parish: Braddock
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II
Date first listed: 30-Apr-1985
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 60525
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List Entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
SX 16 NW BRADOC
1/24 and 3/24 Penadlake Viaduct
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- II
Railway viaduct, 1877, built to replace I.K.Brunel's earlier tresselled timber
viaduct opened in 1859. 7 tapering piers approximately 40 foot clear span of massive
snecked rock faced slatestone carrying 8 semicircular arches with dressed rusticated
granite voussoirs and quoins. Parapet partly rebuilt. Rusticated stone coping with
simple refuges. Slightly curved on plan.
One of series of viaducts in quick succession on Brunel's Plymouth to Truro
Cornwall Railway broad gauge line (q.v. Clinnick, Derricombe, East Largin, West Largin
and St Pinnock Viaducts). Line opened in 1859.
A Pugsley (ed) The Works of I K Brunel 1976 and 1980.
R J Woodfin The Cornwall Railway 1972.
Listing NGR: SX1519263442
Selected Sources
Books and journalsPugsley, A, The Works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, (1976)
Woodfin, R J , The Cornwall Railway, (1972)
Map
National Grid Reference: SX 13553 64998
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