8-573: Spon End Viaduct is a railway bridge which spans the River Sherbourne in Spon End , just west of the city centre of Coventry in central England. The viaduct is just north of Coventry station on the Coventry to Nuneaton railway line . It spans the River Sherbourne and its flat valley as it passes through Spon End , a suburb just to the west of Coventry city centre. Construction started in 1848 and
16-761: A generally southeastern direction. In the centre of Coventry it flows through Spon End (where it is spanned by Vignoles Bridge ) and it is culverted just before it reaches the Inner Ring Road and Spon Street , and continues through the suburb of Whitley . It joins the River Sowe (a tributary of the River Avon ) south of the A45 road near Baginton . The name Sherbourne is said to derive from Scir Burna , "clear stream" in Old English. In 1935 and on eight more recent occasions,
24-528: A very different scale" and dominating Spon End, which is otherwise characterised by some of Coventry's few remaining medieval buildings. River Sherbourne The River Sherbourne is a river that flows under the centre of the city of Coventry , in the West Midlands , in England. The source of the river is in the fields near Hawkes End in the parish of Allesley . It flows for about 8 miles or 13 km in
32-496: The arches make the viaduct a prominent local landmark. It is on Coventry City Council 's register of locally listed buildings and forms part of the Spon End conservation area , which was declared in 2003. George Demidowicz, in an architectural history of Coventry, compared the viaduct to the Coat of Arms Bridge to the south on the line to Leamington Spa . He described the viaduct as "on
40-415: The line opened in 1850. The viaduct is a quarter of a mile (0.4 kilometres) long and consists of 28 arches, each with a 48 feet (15 metres) span. In 1857, 23 of the arches collapsed. The collapse was blamed on shoddy workmanship and poor quality materials. The collapsed section was rebuilt but the line was not able to reopen until October 1860. Not all of the viaduct was rebuilt, as part of the original viaduct
48-667: The river is joined by the North Brook. This would allow fish to pass up and down the river more easily. The grade II-listed Sherbourne Viaduct carries the Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line over the river near the Charterhouse . In downstream order from source to confluence with the Sowe: This Warwickshire location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to
56-509: The upper Sherbourne around Allesley has dried up almost completely. Coventry City Council has plans to open up a stretch of the river which is currently culverted, and runs beneath The Burges, a street in the city centre. As part of the Sherbourne Valley Project, there are plans to return the river to its natural course, avoiding the current culverts and weirs, in the area of Coundon Wedge, west of Coventry. Specifically where
64-449: Was deemed to be good enough to be reused. An act of parliament had to be sought to authorise the reconstruction works. In the meantime, Coundon Road became the temporary terminus of the line. The stone for the original arches may have been from a lineside quarry near Coundon Road station, which is just north of the viaduct. The rebuilt arches were in blue engineering brick and joined on to the remaining stone arches. The height and width of
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