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The viaduct comprises 22 semi-circular arches with spans of 19.2 metres (63 ft) flanked by a pair of abutment arches of 5.5-metre (18 ft) span. The arch rings are 900 millimetres (35 in) thick. The arches and spandrels are built of red brick set in lime mortar with ashlar spring courses. The deck parapets are 2.2 metres (7 ft 3 in) high.
At the western extent there is a ramp from the beach level up to the promenade. The ramp has commercial units within its brick arches. The last cast-iron arch to the western side is also brick-faced". [1] Later in the twentieth century a former public toilet was added, half in-filling the preceding four arches. [1]
The viaduct is 96 feet (29 m) high and is carried on 37 semi-circular arches, each of 30 feet (9.1 m), surmounted by balustrades, spanning a total length of 1,480 feet (450 m). Each pier contains a jack arch with a semi-circular soffit , which had the benefit of reducing the number of bricks required. [ 6 ]
The windows have flat brick arches, and are casements or sashes. At the entrance are two square stone gate piers about 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high, with cornices and shallow pyramidal capstones. They are flanked by brick walls with stone coping that also run along the north side of the forecourt. [42] II: 11 and 12 Blenheim Terrace, gate piers ...
Maidenhead Railway Bridge, also known as Maidenhead Viaduct and The Sounding Arch, carries the Great Western Main Line (GWML) over the River Thames between Maidenhead, Berkshire and Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England. It is a single structure of two tall, wide red-brick arches buttressed by two over-land smaller arches.
Pages in category "Brick buildings and structures in the United Kingdom" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The gates were added to the gateway in 1926. The gateway consists of a rendered brick triumphal arch in Baroque style. There is a large central arch, flanked by smaller arches, and there is a balustrade over the central arch. [34] [57] St Nicholas Church
A brick house on a chamfered plinth, with stone dressings and a roof of green slate with a sandstone ridge. There are two storeys, two bays, a single-depth plan, and a rear outshut. The doorway has a quoined surround, and the windows, which are sashes, have brick segmental arches. In front of the house is a cobbled area. [66]