Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Smardalegill Viaduct | |
| site name:- | South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway | |
| site name:- | Scandal Beck | |
| locality:- | Smardale Gill | |
| parish |
Crosby Garrett parish, once
in Westmorland
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| parish |
Waitby parish, once in
Westmorland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| railway viaduct; viaduct | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY77260692 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY70
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| 1Km square | NY7706 | |
| old map:- |
OS County Series
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| County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. | ||
| Smardale Gill Viaduct | ||
| placename:- | Smardale Gill Viaduct | |
| date:- | 1890=1899 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late; 1890s | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| SMARDALEGILL VIADUCT OVER SCANDAL BECK / / / CROSBY GARRETT / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 73052 / NY7268706904 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Railway viaduct. Completed 1860 for South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway; Thomas Bouch engineer (?) , contractor Wrigg of Preston. Rough - hewn sandstone blocks with dressed arch soffits. 90ft high (mdx.) and c. 550ft long with 14 semi- circular arches, each spanning c.30 ft. Tapered piers; battered pilasters to abutments. Cornice carries parapet, c.2 ft high; track bed c.25 ft wide. Crosses parish boundary with WAITBY. Disused | ||
| placename:- | Smardalegill Viaduct | |
| district:- | Eden | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY72680690 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| hearsay |
The viaduct became unsafe and there were falls of masonry.
Listed building consent to demolish was refused on appeal
after a public enquiry. Repair estimates were between
L150000 and L350000, demolition would be L66000 or L175000
if the stone were taken away. A trust is being/has been
formed to take care of it.
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| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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