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Redbrook Incline Bridge over B4231

A Grade II* Listed Building in Monmouth (Trefynwy), Monmouthshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7892 / 51°47'20"N

Longitude: -2.6732 / 2°40'23"W

OS Eastings: 353664

OS Northings: 210270

OS Grid: SO536102

Mapcode National: GBR FM.YKJY

Mapcode Global: VH871.M958

Plus Code: 9C3VQ8QG+MP

Entry Name: Redbrook Incline Bridge over B4231

Listing Date: 10 August 2005

Last Amended: 10 August 2005

Grade: II*

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 85227

Building Class: Transport

Also known as: Incline Overbridge, At Ngr 536103 Crossing Border Into Wales
Redbrook Incline Overbridge

ID on this website: 300085227

Location: At the south-eastern corner of Monmouth Community.

County: Monmouthshire

Town: Monmouth

Community: Monmouth (Trefynwy)

Community: Monmouth

Locality: Redbrook

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire

Tagged with: Tram bridge Bridge

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History

Built in 1812 as part of a tramroad between Howler's Slade at Coleford and Monmouth and known as Monmouth Tramroad. This bridge lay on a branch serving the Redbrook Tinplate Works mainly for delivering coal, and it required an incline because it stood so far below the main tramroad. The rail connection was closed in 1928 but the Redbrook Tinplate Works, which made the thinnest sheet steel in the world, did not close until 1961.

Exterior

The bridge is built of coursed blocks of red Forest of Dean sandstone conglomerate, with dressed voussoirs to the arches. It consists of a single round headed arch about 3.15m in height spanning the B4231 with a circular opening uphill on the north-east side. To the south-east are three low arches, the northernmost one with a stream running under it. The top surface of the bridge is 6m wide with parapets 1m high on both sides which are capped by flat stone slabs. The width of the bridge is clear indication that this was a self-acting incline with two lines of rails. Where it crosses the Redbrook on the south it enters England and a part of the structure is thus in Gloucestershire (Redbrook civil parish, Forest of Dean D C).

Reasons for Listing

Included for its special interest as an unusual and rare tramway bridge built on a steep incline.
Scheduled Ancient Monument: MM203(MON).

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