Redbrook Incline Bridge

Redbrook Incline Bridge
Coordinates 51°47′21″N 2°40′24″W / 51.7892°N 2.6732°W / 51.7892; -2.6732Coordinates: 51°47′21″N 2°40′24″W / 51.7892°N 2.6732°W / 51.7892; -2.6732
Crosses B4231 Road
Locale Redbrook, Gloucestershire, England / Monmouthshire, Wales
Characteristics
Design Tram bridge
Material Old Red Sandstone
History
Construction start 1810
Construction end 1812
Closed mid-19th century
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name Redbrook Incline Bridge over B4231
Designated 10 August 2005
Reference no. 34994
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name Incline Overbridge, at NGR SO 536102
Designated 24 September 1984
Reference no. 1299263
Reference no. MM203
Redbrook Incline Bridge
Location in Monmouthshire

The Redbrook Incline Bridge is a nineteenth-century tramway bridge that crosses the B4231 road at Redbrook on the England–Wales border. The bridge straddles the border and stands in the counties of Monmouthshire in Wales and Gloucestershire in England. It was built as a branch line from the Monmouth Tramroad to transport coal to the Redbrook Tinplate Works and was constructed on a significant incline as a consequence of its standing well below the main tramway. It is a remarkable survival of 19th-century industrialisation in the Wye Valley and is a Grade II* listed building, a Grade II listed building and a scheduled monument.

History and description

The Monmouth Tramroad was a horse-drawn railway between Monmouth and Coleford in Gloucestershire. It opened in 1812 and closed in the late 19th century.[1][2] The Redbrook Incline Bridge was constructed as part of a branch line from the main tramroad to serve the Redbrook Tinplate Works.[3][2] Grace's Guide to British Industrial History suggests it was also used to transport coal out of the Forest of Dean to the River Wye for onward transportation.[4]

The bridge is constructed of Old Red Sandstone, and forms a single arch, approximately 3.25 metres high, over the B4231 Road.[2] The bridge is 6 metres wide, with high parapets, the width indicating its function as a self-acting incline bridge, with two parallel rails running its length.[2]

The bridge is listed at Grade II* by Cadw[2] and at Grade II by Historic England.[5] It is also a scheduled monument.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Redbrook Incline Overbridge". Coflein. 2003-04-25. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Good Stuff (2005-08-10). "Redbrook Incline Bridge over B4231, Monmouth, Monmouthshire". Britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  3. ↑ "Lower Wye Valley HLCA015". Ggat.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  4. ↑ "Redbrook industries". Graces Guide. 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  5. ↑ Historic England. "Incline Overbridge, at NGR SO 536102 (1299263)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Scheduled Monument – Full Report – HeritageBill Cadw Assets – Reports". Cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
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