Old Station House & Nos 1-13 the Arches (Bath)
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train station, Grade II Listed (UK)
A station building, brickwork arches , completed in 1840 for the Great Western Railway to a design by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
The viaduct at Twerton forms part of the Bristol to Bath section of the Great Western Railway laid out between Paddington and Penzance. It was opened in August 1840, and constructed to a design by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859). The workers dwellings that Brunel designed into the viaduct replaced a row of former textile mill worker's cottages belonging to Charles Wilkins's Mill which were demolished due to the building of the viaduct.Twerton Station has been closed as a station since 1917, initially as a temporary wartime economy measure, but later because passenger numbers had dropped due to the introduction of electric trams between Twerton and Bath.
The arches are now occupied by various small businesses and a cafe.
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The viaduct at Twerton forms part of the Bristol to Bath section of the Great Western Railway laid out between Paddington and Penzance. It was opened in August 1840, and constructed to a design by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859). The workers dwellings that Brunel designed into the viaduct replaced a row of former textile mill worker's cottages belonging to Charles Wilkins's Mill which were demolished due to the building of the viaduct.Twerton Station has been closed as a station since 1917, initially as a temporary wartime economy measure, but later because passenger numbers had dropped due to the introduction of electric trams between Twerton and Bath.
The arches are now occupied by various small businesses and a cafe.
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www.bathheritagewatchdog.org/brunel.htm
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twerton-on-Avon_railway_station#Architecture_and_Opening
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°22'49"N 2°23'27"W
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- Bristol Temple Meads Railway Station 16 km
- Grounds and Car Park to Chippenham Railway Station 21 km
- Avonmouth Bulk Coal Terminal 27 km
- Castle Cary Railway Station 33 km
- Swindon Railway Station 47 km
- Yeovil Junction Railway Station 53 km
- Andover Railway Station 65 km
- Brockenhurst Railway Station 85 km
- Marchwood Sea Mounting Centre (SMC) 85 km
- PC World 0.2 km
- Locksbrook Road Trading Estate 0.2 km
- Great Wetern hangars for buses 0.2 km
- Bath City F.C. 0.3 km
- Disused Workshop 0.3 km
- Waterside Court 0.4 km
- Twerton Cemetery 0.5 km
- Bath City Farm 0.6 km
- Locksbrook Cemetery 0.7 km
- Somerset 51 km