Building record 1342400000 - Frogmore Viaduct
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- RAILWAY VIADUCT (Built 1902-6, 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
Description
Frogmore Viaduct built between 1902 and 1906 as part of the Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway route between High Wycombe and Princes Risborough. A 4-arch bridge of blue Staffordshire engineering bricks with semi-elliptical arches, projecting stringcourse of bullnosed brick, projecting corbelled refuges and pierced piers with plinths, bullnosed corners and stone imposts, designed in the Great Western Railway house style, probably by GWR's civil engineering department under James Inglis (GWR Chief Civil Engineer until 1903) and built by MacKay & Davies of Cardiff. Span of 3 perpendicular arches is 13.4m, span of skew arch is 10.8m and max height of arches is 10.8m (B1).
Sources (1)
- <1>XYSBC23023 Unpublished document: Highways Agency. 2007. M25 Widening: Junctions 16 to 23: Part 7: Cultural Heritage Technical Report. Part 7. [Mapped feature: #16077 ]
Location
Grid reference | SU 86425 93379 (point) |
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Civil Parish | HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Jul 31 2023 1:09PM