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| HER Number: | 165920 |
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| Name: | CYPRESS AVENUE - Post Medieval railway bridge |
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Summary
A railway bridge at Carlyon Bay, constructed by the Cornwall Railway to carry the line over the drive to Tregrehan House.
Protected Status
- Listed Building (II) 506158: Railway Bridge, Cypress Avenue, St Austell
Other References/Statuses
- Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 165920
Monument Type(s):
Full description
A railway bridge at Carlyon Bay, constructed by the Cornwall Railway to carry the line over the drive to Tregrehan House at 283m 71c. Of ashlar granite masonry in pseudo-gothic style, having contrasting panels of smooth-finished and rusticated work. There is a pointed arch with cut voussoirs and a decorative cornice of arched granite corbels supporting the coped parapet. To each side of the arch are flanking half-hexagonal towers. The flanking wing walls are stepped and coped, and also have a contrasting smooth and rusticated division. A particularly ornate and finely built example of a small Brunel railway bridge, built for Colonel Edward Carlyon in 1854 (JRS).
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Site history:
1: 1990. JRS/CAU
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<1> Stengelhofen, J, 1988, Cornwall's Railway Heritage (Bibliographic reference). SCO4486.
Sources / Further Reading
| [1] | SCO4486 - Bibliographic reference: Stengelhofen, J. 1988. Cornwall's Railway Heritage. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Related records
| 165670 | Part of: CORNWALL RAILWAY - Post Medieval railway (Monument) |
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