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Summary

Railway viaduct over the River Tamar completed in March 1908.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II*) 1138329: Calstock Viaduct

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX46NW/544/1
• Old Listed Building Ref (II*)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• VIADUCT (Built, XX - 1908 AD to 1908 AD)

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV261969.

Doe/hhr:bere ferrers/(26/1/1987)2 and amendment (21/1/1988).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV261970.

Nmr=sx46nw16.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV261971.

Ind arch cornwall/(1972)217.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV261972.

Cherry, b. + pevsner, n. /the buildings of england: devon/(1989)164.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV261973.

Thomas, d. St. J. /a regional history of the railways of great britain; vol 1: the west country/(1981).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV261974.

Des=dyer, m. J. + manning, p. T. /objective 5b: lower tamar valley recreation + land management initiative: cultural heritage appraisal/(1998)42/ea report 98.60.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV261975.

Des=jewell, t. /dissertation for exeter university: bridging the tamar/(1996)35/in bradworthy pf.

Dyer, M. + Manning, P., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV27135.

Viaduct designed by j. C. Lang and built by w. R. Galbraith and r. Church. Early use of concrete (dyer + manning).

Department of Environment, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV335555.

Calstock viaduct. Completed march 1908. Built as part of the plymouth, devonport + south west junction rialway, which had bought the east cornwall mineral railway in 1894. Precast concrete block, manufactured on site in the casting yard on the devon side.12 round arches, with rectangular plan tapered piers, in rusticated blocks with rounded cutwaters. The arches have imposts and voussoirs, plain parapets and coping; stepped corbel between each pair of arches, forming refuges in the parapet. There are similarities between this viaduct and that in poundstock, cornwall. During consturction the blocks and other components were transported across the length of the viaduct by means of blondins, or aerial ropeways. Until 1934, there was a remarkable vertical hoist, which was used to raise the lower tram wagons between river bank level and the viaduct (doe).

Ordnance Survey, 2017, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359962.

Historic England, 2017, National Heritage List for England, 1138329 (National Heritage List for England). SDV359963.

Calstock Viaduct. Railway viaduct over the River Tamar. Completed March 1908; built as part of the Plymouth, Devonport and South West Junction Railway, which had bought the East Cornwall Mineral Railway in 1894. Precast concrete block, manufactured on site in the casting yard on the Devon side of the viaduct. The viaduct has twelve round arches, with rectangular plan tapered piers, in rusticated blocks, with rounded cutwaters. The arches have imposts and voussoirs, plain parapet and coping; stepped corbel between each pair of arches, forming refuges in the parapet.

Built by John Charles Lang, a public works contractor of Liskeard, with engineers W.R. Galbraith and Richard Church, as part of the link line from Bere Alston to the East Cornwall Mineral Railway in Calstock. There are similarities between this viaduct and the viaduct in Poundstock, Cornwall (see Poundstock list). During construction, the blocks and other components were transported across the length of the viaduct by means of Blondins, or aerial ropeways. Until 1934, there was a remarkable vertical hoist, which was used to raise the lower tram wagons between river bank level and the viaduct.

The asset was previously listed twice also at List entry 1105516. That entry was removed from the List on 23 September 2016.

This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 23 September 2016.
[In Name, Location and Description:-
Removal of “The” and replacement with “Calstock”
The following corrections/additions/deletions to the Description were made:-
“12 arches” corrected to read “twelve arches”
The following text was removed from the Description as it also appears in the Selected Sources:-
“Sources: Tamar Valley Project, and D.L.B. Thomas (verbal information).”
This text was added to the Description:-
“The asset was previously listed twice also at List entry 1105516. That entry was removed from the List on 23 September 2016.”
“This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 23 September 2016.”
The GIS triangle depiction was moved slightly from SX4336068658 to SX4335668641.Thus placing it on the parish boundary between Calstock, in Cornwall and Bere Ferrers, in West Devon, which passes through the building. The grid reference was removed from the Details text.]

Sources / Further Reading

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Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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